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  r72445 | tarek.ziade | 2009-05-07 23:20:34 +0200 (Thu, 07 May 2009) | 1 line

  Fixed #5941: added ARFLAGS for the archiver command.
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diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index e26940a..5623bad 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ Aldo Cortesi
 David Costanzo
 Scott Cotton
 Greg Couch
+David Cournapeau
 Steve Cousins
 Alex Coventry
 Matthew Dixon Cowles
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1c5734c..4051323 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -581,6 +581,11 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #5941: Distutils build_clib command was not working anymore because
+  of an incomplete costumization of the archiver command. Added ARFLAGS in the
+  Makefile besides AR and make Distutils use it. Original patch by David
+  Cournapeau.
+
 - Issue #2245: aifc now skips chunk types it doesn't recognize, per spec.
 
 - Issue #5874: distutils.tests.test_config_cmd is not locale-sensitive