AR needs to be passed specifically on the command line
@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
sed -i '/^CC/d' Makefile
'';
makeFlags = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic "AR=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ar";
# it's unclear which headers are intended to be part of the public interface
# so we may find ourselves having to add more here over time
installPhase = ''