Index: trunk/Ohana/Configure.in
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--- trunk/Ohana/Configure.in	(revision 2510)
+++ trunk/Ohana/Configure.in	(revision 2833)
@@ -23,2 +23,8 @@
 # prefered C compiler
 CC   = gcc -g -O
+
+# select the appropriate version of ranlib
+RANLIB-sol = touch
+RANLIB-linux = ranlib
+RANLIB-lin64 = ranlib
+RANLIB = $(RANLIB-$(ARCH))
