ar cru libdhcp.a alloc.o bpf.o comapi.o conflex.o ctrace.o discover.o dispatch.o dlpi.o dns.o ethernet.o execute.o fddi.o icmp.o inet.o lpf.o memory.o nit.o ns_name.o options.o packet.o parse.o print.o raw.o resolv.o socket.o tables.o tr.o tree.o upf.o ar cru libdst.a dst_support.o dst_api.o hmac_link.o md5_dgst.o base64.o prandom.o ar cru libomapi.a protocol.o buffer.o alloc.o result.o connection.o errwarn.o listener.o dispatch.o generic.o support.o handle.o message.o convert.o hash.o auth.o inet_addr.o array.o trace.o toisc.o iscprint.o isclib.o ar cru libdhcpctl.a dhcpctl.o callback.o remote.o
should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report! Commit message: Set AR ourselves since dhcp's build system doesn't do it for us http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/dhcp/dhcp-4.2.4_p2-r1.ebuild?r1=1.1&r2=1.2