configure problem with binutils

[Dale DePriest]

I am building binutils-2.10.1 and ran into a catch 22.  I was trying to get
a copy of ar and I read the readme that said I should run configure and then
make a special script.  However configure would not run without a copy of
lex or flex.  No problem, I would download and build flex.  I tried this and
guess what? Flex won't configure without a copy of ar.

I would suggest that ar needs more special treatment. configure should abort
if there is no ar on the machine after building the needed script for the
user.  In addition it should not need flex or lex since you can't get there
from here.  I finally solved the problem by finding a copy of ar (and lex)
in the company on another machine but some folks may not have this ability. 
After that I was able to build the binaries.

Dale