diff -urN busybox-1.7.0/scripts/trylink busybox-1.7.0-trylink/scripts/trylink
--- busybox-1.7.0/scripts/trylink	2007-08-24 11:49:43.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox-1.7.0-trylink/scripts/trylink	2007-09-03 12:08:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,37 +14,30 @@
 BBOX_LIB_LIST=`echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | xargs -n1 | sort | uniq | xargs`
 
 # First link with all libs. If it fails, bail out
-l_list=`echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/'`
 echo "Trying libraries: $BBOX_LIB_LIST"
-try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group" "$@" \
+l_list=`echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/' -e 's/^-l$//'`
+test "x$l_list" != "x" && l_list="-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group"
+try "$l_list" "$@" \
 || {
     echo "Failed: $* -Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group"
     cat busybox_ld.err
     exit 1
 }
 
-#### Hack disabled: conflicts with ld --verbose flag in last link phase
-
-##### Hack: we are not supposed to know executable name,
-##### but this hack cuts down link time
-####mv busybox_unstripped busybox_unstripped.tmp
-####mv busybox.map        busybox.map.tmp
-
 # Now try to remove each lib and build without it.
 # Stop when no lib can be removed.
-####ever_discarded=false
 while test "$BBOX_LIB_LIST"; do
     $debug && echo "Trying libraries: $BBOX_LIB_LIST"
     all_needed=true
     for one in $BBOX_LIB_LIST; do
 	without_one=`echo " $BBOX_LIB_LIST " | sed "s/ $one / /g" | xargs`
-	l_list=`echo "$without_one" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/'`
-	$debug && echo "Trying -l options: $l_list"
-	if try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group" "$@"; then
+	l_list=`echo "$without_one" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/' -e 's/^-l$//'`
+	test "x$l_list" != "x" && l_list="-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group"
+	$debug && echo "Trying -l options: '$l_list'"
+	if try "$l_list" "$@"; then
 		echo "Library $one is not needed"
 		BBOX_LIB_LIST="$without_one"
 		all_needed=false
-####		ever_discarded=true
 	else
 		echo "Library $one is needed"
 	fi
@@ -57,24 +50,19 @@
     #{ echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | grep -q ' '; } || break
 done
 
-####mv busybox_unstripped.tmp busybox_unstripped
-####mv busybox.map.tmp        busybox.map
-####$ever_discarded && {
-    # Make the binary with final, minimal list of libs
-    echo "Final link with: $BBOX_LIB_LIST"
-    l_list=`echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/'`
-    # --verbose gives us gobs of info to stdout (e.g. linker script used)
-    if ! test -f busybox_ldscript; then
-	try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--verbose" "$@" >busybox_ld.out ####|| exit 1
-    else
-	echo "Custom linker script 'busybox_ldscript' found, using it"
-	# Add SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT to linker script (found in busybox_ld.out):
-	#  .rodata         : { *(.rodata SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.rodata.*) .gnu.linkonce.r.*) }
-	#  *(.data SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data.*) .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
-	#  *(.bss SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.bss.*) .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
-	# This will eliminate most of the data padding (~3kb).
-	try "-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--verbose -Wl,-T -Wl,busybox_ldscript" "$@" >busybox_ld.out
-    fi
-####}
-####rm busybox_ld.err
-####exit 0  # Ensure "success" exit code
+# Make the binary with final, minimal list of libs
+echo "Final link with: $BBOX_LIB_LIST"
+l_list=`echo "$BBOX_LIB_LIST" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/' -e 's/^-l$//'`
+test "x$l_list" != "x" && l_list="-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--verbose"
+# --verbose gives us gobs of info to stdout (e.g. linker script used)
+if ! test -f busybox_ldscript; then
+    try "$l_list -Wl,--verbose" "$@" >busybox_ld.out
+else
+    echo "Custom linker script 'busybox_ldscript' found, using it"
+    # Add SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT to linker script (found in busybox_ld.out):
+    #  .rodata         : { *(.rodata SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.rodata.*) .gnu.linkonce.r.*) }
+    #  *(.data SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data.*) .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
+    #  *(.bss SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.bss.*) .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
+    # This will eliminate most of the data padding (~3kb).
+    try "$l_list -Wl,--verbose -Wl,-T -Wl,busybox_ldscript" "$@" >busybox_ld.out
+fi