--- ./lib/Makefile.static.orig	2010-10-08 01:57:00.000000000 +0200
+++ ./lib/Makefile.static	2011-07-31 01:05:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #CC = gcc -Wall 
-RANLIB = echo
+#RANLIB = echo
 
 SIMPLE_OBJS   = is_ws.o strsearch.o charsets.o
 
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@
 all: libbibcore.a libbibutils.a
 
 libbibcore.a: $(BIBCORE_OBJS)
-	ar -cr $@ $^
-	$(RANLIB) $@
+	$(AR) -cr $@ $^
 
 libbibutils.a: $(BIBUTILS_OBJS)
-	ar -cr $@ $^
-	$(RANLIB) $@
+	$(AR) -cr $@ $^
 
 clean: 
 	/bin/rm -f *.o core