Fixed #5941: added ARFLAGS for the archiver command.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6e4a714..e36c4a1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #5941: Distutils build_clib command was not working anymore because
+  of an incomplete costumization of the archiver command. Added ARFLAGS in the
+  Makefile besides AR and make Distutils use it. Original patch by David
+  Cournapeau.
+
 - Issue 5955: aifc's close method did not close the file it wrapped,
   now it does.  This also means getfp method now returns the real fp.