ar crs libext.a initext.o; ar crs libext4.a initext4.o; ar crs libext6.a initext6.o;
should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report! Commit message: Export AR to avoid `ar` usage http://sources.gentoo.org/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.4.17.ebuild?r1=1.2&r2=1.3