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automake/95: reports that AR_FLAGS is an undefined macro



>Number:         95
>Category:       automake
>Synopsis:       reports that AR_FLAGS is an undefined macro
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    tromey
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 01 09:41:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     morrison@bnl.gov
>Release:        cvs
>Organization:
>Environment:
linux, cvs versions of automake, autoconf, libtool
>Description:
automake believes that anything matching a rule like

A[A-Z]_ 

is a macro.  libtool uses the variable AR_FLAGS to keep
track of how to call the archiver.  automake complains 
that AR_FLAGS is an unknown macro.
>How-To-Repeat:
aclocal
libtoolize
automake

on any automakeified project will do it.
>Fix:
change the automake rule for identifying macros to be
less aggressive.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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