Index: buildsys.mk.in
==================================================================
--- buildsys.mk.in
+++ buildsys.mk.in
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 DC = @DC@
 ERLC = @ERLC@
 OBJC = @OBJC@
 AR = @AR@
 LD = ${CC}
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@
 PYTHON = @PYTHON@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 DFLAGS = @DFLAGS@
@@ -164,14 +165,15 @@
 		${LINK_FAILED}; \
 	fi
 
 ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST}: ${EXT_DEPS} ${OBJS}
 	${LINK_STATUS}
-	if ${AR} cr $@ ${OBJS}; then \
+	if ${AR} cr $@ ${OBJS} && ${RANLIB} ${@}; then \
 		${LINK_OK}; \
 	else \
 		${LINK_FAILED}; \
+		rm -f $@; \
 	fi
 
 .c.o:
 	${COMPILE_STATUS}
 	if ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -c -o $@ $<; then \

Index: m4/buildsys.m4
==================================================================
--- m4/buildsys.m4
+++ m4/buildsys.m4
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@
 			INSTALL_LIB='${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/$$i && ${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i.a ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/$$i.a'
 			UNINSTALL_LIB='rm -f ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/$$i ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/$$i.a'
 			CLEAN_LIB='${LIB}.a'
 			;;
 		*)
-			AC_MSG_RESULT(POSIX)
+			AC_MSG_RESULT(GNU)
 			LIB_CPPFLAGS='-DPIC'
 			LIB_CFLAGS='-fPIC'
 			LIB_LDFLAGS='-shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname=${LIB}.${LIB_MAJOR}'
 			LIB_PREFIX='lib'
 			LIB_SUFFIX='.so'