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How can I get 'ld' to link an archive with an application?  The '-l'
option doesn't seem to work at all.  With an archive named LIBNUKE.A,
using the parameter according to the documentation, '-lnuke', gives
the error 
    "cannot open -lnuke: No such file or directory"
Using '-llibnuke.a' results in the error
    "cannot open -llibnuke.a: No such file or directory"
This archive is in the same directory as the other files successfully
found by the linker.  This directory is in the path.

When the archive is listed with the other object files rather than as
an archive, it seems to be found with no problem.  No error indicates
otherwise.  It doesn't seem to be useful to the linker this way,
however, because the symbols which are located in the archive all end
up undefined.

The utility 'ranlib' runs without error on this archive,  suggesting
that it is valid.  The utility 'nm' gives a symbol listing that looks
exactly as expected.

I am using the GNU Tools for Hitachi H8/300, with H8/300H
architecture.  I have the exact same problem with the GNU Tools for
the Hitachi SH series also.

Thanks for any assistance on this,
Joe Martin
jmartin@atinucleus.com