build: try to use -D option for ar and ranlib

The -D option zeroes out timestamps in .a files and has become the
default on recent distributions to enable reproducible builds.

This also shuts up the "u ignored because D is default" warning that is
showing up on some distributions.

Signed-off-by: David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net>

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4cbf111b0422478cce0b2753f3dc638d4359b993..474f8ab5b57c3e2a2569c445f69387b7d03a0bb3 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = \
 DEFS = @DEFS@ -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/\" -DCONFDATE=$(CONFDATE)
 LIBCAP = @LIBCAP@
 
+AR_FLAGS = @AR_FLAGS@
+ARFLAGS = @ARFLAGS@
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@
+
 # these two targets are provided to easily grab autoconf/Makefile variables
 # you can use either:
 #   eval `make VARFD=3 shvar-CFLAGS 3>&1 1>&2`

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f498a65129f441a764c40492e4a95b0002ad6049..fad306a4fb3d008d7962f4af79752f2da98ee9c3 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -323,6 +323,32 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(AC_LDFLAGS)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([STATIC_BIN], [test "x$enable_static_bin" = "xyes"])
 
+dnl $AR and $RANLIB are set by LT_INIT above
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $AR supports D option])
+if $AR crD conftest.a; then
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  dnl ARFLAGS is for automake, AR_FLAGS for libtool m-(
+  ARFLAGS="crD"
+  AR_FLAGS="crD"
+else
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+  ARFLAGS="cru"
+  AR_FLAGS="cru"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(ARFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(AR_FLAGS)
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $RANLIB supports D option])
+if $RANLIB -D conftest.a; then
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  RANLIB="$RANLIB -D"
+else
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+AC_SUBST(RANLIB)
+
+test -f conftest.a && rm conftest.a
+
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 dnl Packages configuration
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