2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 06882f114..7f3d6922a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+20010107
+ - (bal) Save the whole path to AR in configure.  Some Solaris 2.7 installs
+   seem lose track of it while in openbsd-compat/  (two confirmed reports)
+
 20010105
  - (bal) Disable groupaccess by setting NGROUPS_MAX to 0 for platforms
    that don't have NGROUPS_MAX.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5dd146924..8f7f5d2b7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_CHECK_PROG(AR, ar, ar)
+AC_PATH_PROG(AR, ar)
 AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl)
 AC_SUBST(PERL)
 AC_PATH_PROG(ENT, ent)