def METHOD_NAME(self):
    pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist()
    cmd = build_clib(dist)
    foo_c = os.path.join(pkg_dir, 'foo.c')
    self.write_file(foo_c, 'int main(void) { return 1;}\n')
    cmd.libraries = [('foo', {'sources': [foo_c]})]
    build_temp = os.path.join(pkg_dir, 'build')
    os.mkdir(build_temp)
    cmd.build_temp = build_temp
    cmd.build_clib = build_temp
    # before we run the command, we want to make sure
    # all commands are present on the system
    # by creating a compiler and checking its executables
    from distutils.ccompiler import new_compiler
    from distutils.sysconfig import customize_compiler
    compiler = new_compiler()
    customize_compiler(compiler)
    for ccmd in compiler.executables.values():
        if ccmd is None:
            continue
        if find_executable(ccmd[0]) is None:
            self.skipTest('The %r command is not found' % ccmd[0])
    # this should work
    cmd.run()
    # let's check the result
    self.assertIn('libfoo.a', os.listdir(build_temp))