--- ltmain.sh.old	Sun Dec 26 07:27:46 1999
+++ ltmain.sh	Sun Dec 26 07:29:56 1999
@@ -1961,12 +1961,11 @@
 		    done
 	      done
 	      if test -n "$a_deplib" ; then
-		droppeddeps=yes
+		newdeplibs="$newdeplibs $a_deplib"
 		echo
 		echo "*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by $a_deplib."
-		echo "*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when"
-		echo "*** you link to this library.  But I can only do this if you have a"
-		echo "*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have."
+		echo "*** Since you don't have a shared version of the library,"
+		echo "*** I'll try to link a static version of the library."
 	      fi
 	    else
 	      # Add a -L argument.
