From 7686d18a896118d4b99b15313edac34e6f5a2370 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Kroon <jaco@uls.co.za>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 13:44:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] libevent: avoid failure in case ar isn't ar but something
 else.

---
 src/libevent/Makefile.in | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libevent/Makefile.in b/src/libevent/Makefile.in
index 5f4f43f..02ebe21 100644
--- a/libevent/Makefile.in
+++ b/libevent/Makefile.in
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ OBJS=event.o event_tcp.o hash.o event_sig.o
 SRCS=$(OBJS:.o=.c)
 HDRS=event.h event_tcp.h eventpriv.h hash.h
 CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ -I.. $(DEFINES)
-AR=ar
 
 all: libevent.a
 
 libevent.a: $(OBJS)
 	rm -f libevent.a
-	$(AR) -cq libevent.a $(OBJS)
+	@AR@ -cq libevent.a $(OBJS)
 	@RANLIB@ libevent.a
 
 event.o: event.c $(HDRS)

From 162bf8bf6b9c6776e3b6ac000a1e88afe49d9d31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Kroon <jaco@uls.co.za>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 13:49:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ./configure - marginally improve ar detection.

---
 src/configure    | 6 +++++-
 src/configure.ac | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 7eb80d0..9a31790 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
   if test "x$ac_ct_AR" = x; then
-    AR="/bin/false"
+    AR=""
   else
     case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
 yes:)
@@ -3103,6 +3103,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+if test "no$AR" = no ; then
+	as_fn_error $? "ar is a required program" "$LINENO" 5
+fi
+
 
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible" >&5
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index cb7a094..a09241a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
-AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR],[ar],[/bin/false])
+AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR],[ar])
+
+if test "no$AR" = no ; then
+	AC_ERROR(ar is a required program)
+fi
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.