diff -ur a/packages/gnu/targets/ITarget.xs b/packages/gnu/targets/ITarget.xs
--- a/packages/gnu/targets/ITarget.xs	2011-08-06 13:24:44.000000000 +0200
+++ b/packages/gnu/targets/ITarget.xs	2011-08-06 13:23:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
     function askLd(target)
     {
-        var ldCmd = target.rootDir + "/" + target.GCCTARG + "/bin/ld";
+        var ldCmd = target.rootDir + "/" + target.GCCTARG + "-ld";
         /* If the ld executable cannot be found, and the prefix is not used,
          * it's probably a misspelled directory path.
          */
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
     tool2cmd["link"] = cmd;
 
     /* define the ar command template */
-    cmd  = prefix + target.ar.cmd
+    cmd  = prefix + target.GCCTARG + "-ar"
         + " $(AROPTS_P) " + target.ar.opts
         + " $@ $(AROPTS_S) $(aropts) $(files)";
     tool2cmd["ar"] = cmd;