diff -Nrup iproute2.orig/lib/Makefile iproute2/lib/Makefile
--- iproute2.orig/lib/Makefile	2000-04-16 13:42:52.000000000 -0400
+++ iproute2/lib/Makefile	2004-06-03 19:17:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ NLOBJ=ll_map.o libnetlink.o
 all: libnetlink.a libutil.a
 
 libnetlink.a: $(NLOBJ)
-	ar rcs $@ $(NLOBJ)
+	$(AR) rcs $@ $(NLOBJ)
 
 libutil.a: $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB)
-	ar rcs $@ $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB)
+	$(AR) rcs $@ $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(NLOBJ) $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB) libnetlink.a libutil.a
diff -Nrup iproute2.orig/tc/Makefile iproute2/tc/Makefile
--- iproute2.orig/tc/Makefile	2000-04-16 13:42:53.000000000 -0400
+++ iproute2/tc/Makefile	2004-06-03 19:18:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ all: libtc.a tc
 tc: $(TCOBJ) $(LIBNETLINK) $(LIBUTIL) $(TCLIB)
 
 libtc.a: $(TCLIB)
-	ar rcs $@ $(TCLIB)
+	$(AR) rcs $@ $(TCLIB)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(TCOBJ) $(TCLIB) libtc.a tc