diff -uNr ATLAS/CONFIG/src/SpewMakeInc.c ATLAS.fink/CONFIG/src/SpewMakeInc.c
--- ATLAS/CONFIG/src/SpewMakeInc.c	2012-05-23 18:56:27.000000000 -0400
+++ ATLAS.fink/CONFIG/src/SpewMakeInc.c	2012-05-31 19:23:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
    if (OS == OSWinNT && ptrbits == 64)
       fprintf(fpout, "\n   ARCHIVER = $(BLDdir)/mgwar\n");
    else
-      fprintf(fpout, "\n   ARCHIVER = ar\n");
+      fprintf(fpout, "\n   ARCHIVER = XXXXX\n");
    fprintf(fpout, "   ARFLAGS  = r\n");
 /*
  * JF Mertens says that even x86 OS X still need ranlib for safety
diff -uNr ATLAS/ar2 ATLAS.fink/ar2
--- ATLAS/ar2	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ ATLAS.fink/ar2	2012-05-31 19:22:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#Simulates ar r with libtool
+
+#If another option is given, just call ar and bail out
+if [ $1 != 'r' ]; then
+	ar $@
+	exit $?
+fi
+
+#Skips the first two arguments (r libname)
+libname=$2
+shift
+shift
+
+#All objects name are collected in $obj
+if [ -e $libname ]; then
+	ar d $libname $@
+    mv $libname $libname.tmp
+    libtool -static -o $libname $libname.tmp $@
+	rm $libname.tmp
+	ranlib $libname
+else
+	libtool -static -o $libname $@
+fi
+