Index: src/libcfa/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- src/libcfa/Makefile.am	(revision b72d4ed3c032c44b2e77aa0b0822f63ebaf1bea0)
+++ src/libcfa/Makefile.am	(revision 9ff56e75fc7e0433d00458554b0b23a904dbb292)
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 # create object files in directory with source files
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
+ARFLAGS = cr
 
 libdir = ${CFA_LIBDIR}
Index: src/libcfa/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- src/libcfa/Makefile.in	(revision b72d4ed3c032c44b2e77aa0b0822f63ebaf1bea0)
+++ src/libcfa/Makefile.in	(revision 9ff56e75fc7e0433d00458554b0b23a904dbb292)
@@ -142,5 +142,4 @@
 LIBRARIES = $(lib_LIBRARIES)
 AR = ar
-ARFLAGS = cru
 AM_V_AR = $(am__v_AR_@AM_V@)
 am__v_AR_ = $(am__v_AR_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
@@ -409,4 +408,5 @@
 # create object files in directory with source files
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
+ARFLAGS = cr
 lib_LIBRARIES = $(am__append_1) $(am__append_2)
 EXTRA_FLAGS = -g -Wall -Werror -Wno-unused-function -I${abs_top_srcdir}/src/libcfa/libhdr -imacros libcfa-prelude.c @CFA_FLAGS@
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
 	  esac; \
 	done; \
-	echo ' cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu src/libcfa/Makefile'; \
+	echo ' cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --foreign src/libcfa/Makefile'; \
 	$(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) && \
-	  $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu src/libcfa/Makefile
+	  $(AUTOMAKE) --foreign src/libcfa/Makefile
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	@case '$?' in \