Remove use of ranlib.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 130 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1d419cf861..fdfa5effc0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ PWD_P
 LD
 AS
 MIG
-RANLIB
 OBJDUMP
 AR
 LN_S
@@ -4670,108 +4669,6 @@ AR=`$CC -print-prog-name=ar`
 OBJDUMP=`$CC -print-prog-name=objdump`
 
 
-# ranlib has to be treated a bit differently since it might not exist at all.
-ac_ranlib=`$CC -print-prog-name=ranlib`
-if test "x$ac_ranlib" = xranlib; then
-# This extra check has to happen since gcc simply echos the parameter in
-# case it cannot find the value in its own directories.
-if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_RANLIB+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$RANLIB"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_RANLIB="$RANLIB" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  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_RANLIB="${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-RANLIB=$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB
-if test -n "$RANLIB"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $RANLIB" >&5
-$as_echo "$RANLIB" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-fi
-if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"; then
-  ac_ct_RANLIB=$RANLIB
-  # Extract the first word of "ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ranlib; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ac_ct_RANLIB"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB="$ac_ct_RANLIB" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  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_ac_ct_RANLIB="ranlib"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-ac_ct_RANLIB=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB
-if test -n "$ac_ct_RANLIB"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_RANLIB" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_ct_RANLIB" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-  if test "x$ac_ct_RANLIB" = x; then
-    RANLIB=":"
-  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
-    RANLIB=$ac_ct_RANLIB
-  fi
-else
-  RANLIB="$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"
-fi
-
-else
-  RANLIB=$ac_ranlib
-fi
-
-
 # Determine whether we are using GNU binutils.
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $AS is GNU as" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether $AS is GNU as... " >&6; }
@@ -5410,33 +5307,8 @@ fi
 
 
 
-# check if ranlib is necessary
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ranlib is necessary" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether ranlib is necessary... " >&6; }
-if test "${libc_cv_ranlib_necessary+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
-int a;
-char b;
-void c(void) {}
-EOF
-$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c
-$AR cr conftest.a conftest.o
-cp conftest.a conftest2.a
-$RANLIB conftest.a
-if cmp -s conftest.a conftest2.a; then
-  libc_cv_ranlib_necessary=no
-else
-  libc_cv_ranlib_necessary=yes
-fi
-rm -rf conftest*
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_ranlib_necessary" >&5
-$as_echo "$libc_cv_ranlib_necessary" >&6; }
-if test "$libc_cv_ranlib_necessary" = no; then
- RANLIB=:
-fi
+# ranlib is never necessary on Linux and Hurd systems
+RANLIB=:
 
 # Test if LD_LIBRARY_PATH contains the notation for the current directory
 # since this would lead to problems installing/building glibc.