ICU-8904 "ar not found" should be a warning, not an error.

X-SVN-Rev: 30874

diff --git a/icu4c/source/configure b/icu4c/source/configure
index ecf82a3605e3a947be54d8e236e8bab5ab34b90d..6129c5ca30780e716aac8b771a02c03fb2fd7142 100755 (executable)
--- a/icu4c/source/configure
+++ b/icu4c/source/configure
@@ -5498,9 +5498,8 @@ fi
 
 
 # look for 'ar' the proper way
-if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
+# Extract the first word of "$target_alias-ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $target_alias-ar; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_prog_AR+:} false; then :
@@ -5516,7 +5515,7 @@ do
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
     for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_AR="${ac_tool_prefix}ar"
+    ac_cv_prog_AR="$target_alias-ar"
     $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
@@ -5536,10 +5535,10 @@ $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-fi
 if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AR"; then
-  ac_ct_AR=$AR
-  # Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+  if test "$build" = "$target"; then
+    ac_ct_AR=$AR
+    # Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
@@ -5564,6 +5563,7 @@ done
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR" && ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR="false"
 fi
 fi
 ac_ct_AR=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR
@@ -5575,24 +5575,14 @@ else
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
-  if test "x$ac_ct_AR" = x; then
-    AR=""
-  else
-    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
-yes:)
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
-ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
-esac
     AR=$ac_ct_AR
+  else
+    AR="false"
   fi
 else
   AR="$ac_cv_prog_AR"
 fi
 
-if test "x$AR" = "x"; then
-  as_fn_error $? "Archiver ar not found. Set AR= or fix PATH" "$LINENO" 5
-fi
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to enable renaming of symbols" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether to enable renaming of symbols... " >&6; }
@@ -8780,6 +8770,9 @@ echo "** WARNING: $U_MAKE may not be GNU make."
 echo "This may cause ICU to fail to build. Please make sure that GNU make"
 echo "is in your PATH so that the configure script can detect its location."
 fi
+if test "x$AR" = "xfalse"; then
+  echo "*** WARNING: Archiver ar not found. Set AR= or fix PATH. Some builds (such as static) may fail."
+fi
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking the version of \"$U_MAKE\"" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking the version of \"$U_MAKE\"... " >&6; }

diff --git a/icu4c/source/configure.in b/icu4c/source/configure.in
index 51c80b5427a24bd0d91f5e6d7d1bd1194eff03da..30ea3ca2ff8a0671831125d97d782c7a2a621f3a 100644 (file)
--- a/icu4c/source/configure.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/configure.in
@@ -352,10 +352,7 @@ AC_SUBST(U_DEFAULT_SHOW_DRAFT)
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 
 # look for 'ar' the proper way
-AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
-if test "x$AR" = "x"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Archiver ar not found. Set AR= or fix PATH)
-fi
+AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL(AR, ar, false)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable renaming of symbols])
 enabled=yes
@@ -1295,6 +1292,9 @@ echo "** WARNING: $U_MAKE may not be GNU make."
 echo "This may cause ICU to fail to build. Please make sure that GNU make"
 echo "is in your PATH so that the configure script can detect its location."
 fi
+if test "x$AR" = "xfalse"; then
+  echo "*** WARNING: Archiver ar not found. Set AR= or fix PATH. Some builds (such as static) may fail."
+fi
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([the version of "$U_MAKE"])
 if "$U_MAKE" -f "$srcdir/config/gmakever.mk" PLATFORM="$platform"; then