some hosts are more anal about ar usage than others
http://bugs.gentoo.org/107428
--- lib/makefile.src+++ lib/makefile.src@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@# Rebuild the library from all the .o files.
buildlib: $(OBJS)
-rm -f $(LIBNAME)
- ar rc $(LIBNAME)- ar q $(LIBNAME) $(OBJS)+ ar rc $(LIBNAME) $(OBJS)#ifndef NO_RANLIB
ranlib $(LIBNAME)
#endif