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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+# Thomas Nagy, 2006-2008 (ita)
+# Ralf Habacker, 2006 (rh)
+
+"ar and ranlib"
+
+import os, sys
+import Task, Utils
+from Configure import conftest
+
+ar_str = '${AR} ${ARFLAGS} ${AR_TGT_F}${TGT} ${AR_SRC_F}${SRC}'
+cls = Task.simple_task_type('static_link', ar_str, color='YELLOW', ext_in='.o', ext_out='.bin', shell=False)
+cls.maxjobs = 1
+cls.install = Utils.nada
+
+# remove the output in case it already exists
+old = cls.run
+def wrap(self):
+	try: os.remove(self.outputs[0].abspath(self.env))
+	except OSError: pass
+	return old(self)
+setattr(cls, 'run', wrap)
+
+def detect(conf):
+	conf.find_program('ar', var='AR')
+	conf.find_program('ranlib', var='RANLIB')
+	conf.env.ARFLAGS = 'rcs'
+
+@conftest
+def find_ar(conf):
+	v = conf.env
+	conf.check_tool('ar')
+	if not v['AR']: conf.fatal('ar is required for static libraries - not found')
+
+