Leave default AR as is, https://bugs.gentoo.org/732096 diff -r 419bf3de54e5 CMakeLists.txt --- a/CMakeLists.txt Sat Oct 24 19:50:25 2020 +0000 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt Sat Oct 24 19:50:53 2020 +0000 @@ -390,8 +390,6 @@ MESSAGE("Using ar, ranlib, and default linker") find_program(NON_LTO_AR NAMES ar) find_program(NON_LTO_RANLIB NAMES ranlib) - set(CMAKE_AR "${NON_LTO_AR}" CACHE STRING "Does not support LTO" FORCE) - set(CMAKE_RANLIB "${NON_LTO_RANLIB}" CACHE STRING "Does not support LTO" FORCE) endif() MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LTO_AR LTO_RANLIB NON_LTO_AR NON_LTO_RANLIB)