Some ar implementations do not support creating empty archives, so we add a dummy empty object to avoid any problem.
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
noinst_LIBRARIES = libcompat.a
libcompat_a_SOURCES = \
+ empty.c \
compat.h \
gettext.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Some implementations of ar cannot create an empty archive. */