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+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Test if configure bails out if $AR does not work and AM_PROG_AR is used.
+
+. ./defs || Exit 1
+
+set -e
+
+cat >> configure.in << 'END'
+AM_PROG_AR
+END
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOCONF
+
+st=0; ./configure AR=/bin/false >stdout 2>stderr || st=$?
+cat stdout
+cat stderr >&2
+test $st -eq 1
+
+grep '^checking.* archiver .*interface.*\.\.\. unknown' stdout
+grep '^configure: error: could not determine /bin/false interface' stderr
+ls *conftest* && Exit 1
+
+: