From 5e54d5e5fbc1f7237930af8466caf3cefd13b9bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@neptun.(none)>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:14:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: kill EXTRA_ARFLAGS

EXTRA_ARFLAGS have never been used so no need to carry
around on this.
A google search did not reveal any external module
using this either.

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 5 ++---
 scripts/Makefile.build             | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 3c7ea39fc0984..54bbfd37f1578 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
 
 --- 3.7 Compilation flags
 
-    EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS, EXTRA_LDFLAGS, EXTRA_ARFLAGS
+    EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS, EXTRA_LDFLAGS
 
 	All the EXTRA_ variables apply only to the kbuild makefile
 	where they are assigned. The EXTRA_ variables apply to all
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ more details, with real examples.
 		EXTRA_AFLAGS := -traditional
 
 
-	$(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) and $(EXTRA_ARFLAGS) are similar strings for
-	per-directory options to $(LD) and $(AR).
+	$(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) is a string for per-directory options to $(LD).
 
 	Example:
 		#arch/m68k/fpsp040/Makefile
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 7fd6055bedfdd..e74a837690e51 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ endif # builtin-target
 #
 ifdef lib-target
 quiet_cmd_link_l_target = AR      $@
-cmd_link_l_target = rm -f $@; $(AR) $(EXTRA_ARFLAGS) rcs $@ $(lib-y)
+cmd_link_l_target = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs $@ $(lib-y)
 
 $(lib-target): $(lib-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,link_l_target)
-- 
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