diff -urN freeciv-1.14.1.orig/configure.ac freeciv-1.14.1/configure.ac
--- freeciv-1.14.1.orig/configure.ac	2003-12-02 13:56:54.000000000 -0500
+++ freeciv-1.14.1/configure.ac	2004-03-24 00:01:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG(UNAME,uname,uname,:)
 
+ARFLAGS=${ARFLAGS:-cru}
+AC_SUBST(ARFLAGS)
+
 dnl Programs already checked by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE:
 dnl  AC_PROG_MAKE_SET