/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ar is in binutils-mingw-w64-i686 2.28-5+7.4+b4.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/../../bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ar
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/../../bin/i686-w64-mingw32-ar