--- ltmain.in	Sun Jun 24 13:24:00 2001
+++ ltmain.macosx	Sun Jun 24 13:27:38 2001
@@ -1851,7 +1851,9 @@
 
 	if test $pass = conv; then
 	  # Only check for convenience libraries
-	  deplibs="$lib $deplibs"
+	  if test "$libdir"; then
+	    deplibs="$lib $deplibs"
+	  fi
 	  if test -z "$libdir"; then
 	    if test -z "$old_library"; then
 	      $echo "$modename: cannot find name of link library for \`$lib'" 1>&2