Simple fix for Apache bug #51257
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51257

--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -131,13 +131,8 @@
 etags:
 	etags `find . -name '*.[ch]'`
 
-OBJECTS_gen_test_char = tools/gen_test_char.lo $(LOCAL_LIBS)
-tools/gen_test_char.lo: tools/gen_test_char.c
-	$(APR_MKDIR) tools
-	$(LT_COMPILE)
-
-tools/gen_test_char@EXEEXT@: $(OBJECTS_gen_test_char)
-	$(LINK_PROG) $(OBJECTS_gen_test_char) $(ALL_LIBS)
+tools/gen_test_char@EXEEXT@: tools/gen_test_char.c
+	cc -o $@ $<
 
 include/private/apr_escape_test_char.h: tools/gen_test_char@EXEEXT@
 	$(APR_MKDIR) include/private