From 9cb2a11bb7fb51f0afa6ad357467cf076baf9553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Maidanski <ivmai@mail.ru>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 20:27:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Allow passing custom AR to Makefile.direct

Issue #666 (bdwgc).

By using "?=" operator we only set the AR variable in case it does not
already have a value.

* Makefile.direct (AR): Assign value using operator "?=" instead
of "=" one.
---
 Makefile.direct | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.direct b/Makefile.direct
index b52961799..52bffc696 100644
--- a/Makefile.direct
+++ b/Makefile.direct
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ CXXFLAGS?=
 CXXFLAGS+= -I$(srcdir)/include -I$(AO_SRC_DIR)/src \
   $(CFLAGS_DEFAULT_MACROS) $(CFLAGS_FOR_PIC) $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)
 
-AR= ar
+AR?= ar
 
 RANLIB= ranlib
 # For EMX, replace "ranlib" with "ar s".