http://www.mail-archive.com/tinycc-devel%40nongnu.org/msg00297.html

--- tccelf.c	2005-06-18 00:09:15.000000000 +0200
+++ tccelf.c.oden	2006-06-04 12:51:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@
     char cmd[64];
     char filename[1024];
     int t;
-    
+
     ch = file->buf_ptr[0];
     ch = handle_eob();
     for(;;) {
@@ -2295,26 +2295,58 @@
             return -1;
         if (!strcmp(cmd, "INPUT") ||
             !strcmp(cmd, "GROUP")) {
+            printf("cmd is %s\n", cmd); //I added
             t = ld_next(s1, cmd, sizeof(cmd));
             if (t != '(')
                 expect("(");
             t = ld_next(s1, filename, sizeof(filename));
+            printf("filename is %s\n",filename);
             for(;;) {
                 if (t == LD_TOK_EOF) {
                     error_noabort("unexpected end of file");
                     return -1;
                 } else if (t == ')') {
-                    break;
+                    break;  //found the end of the GROUP line
                 } else if (t != LD_TOK_NAME) {
                     error_noabort("filename expected");
                     return -1;
-                } 
-                tcc_add_file(s1, filename);
-                t = ld_next(s1, filename, sizeof(filename));
+                }
+                else{ // It must be a filename
+                        printf("Adding %s\n", filename);
+                        tcc_add_file(s1, filename);
+                        t = ld_next(s1, filename, sizeof(filename));
+                        printf("filename is %s \n",filename);
+                    }
+                // this line doesn't work... should be before else filename
+                // TODO: check/fix this
                 if (t == ',') {
                     t = ld_next(s1, filename, sizeof(filename));
                 }
-            }
+
+                // Add a hack here to fix the AS_NEEDED issue
+                // ONLY works for a single file in the AS_NEEDED list.
+                // example:
+                //GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a AS_NEEDED ( /lib/ld-linux.so.2 ))
+                if (!strcmp(filename, "AS_NEEDED"))
+                        {
+                        printf("AS_NEEDED found\n");
+                        // get the "(" for the AS_NEEDED
+                        t = ld_next(s1, cmd, sizeof(cmd));
+                        if (t != '(')
+                                expect("(");
+                        //get the real filename
+                        t = ld_next(s1, filename, sizeof(filename));
+                        printf("AS_NEEDED filename is %s\n",filename);
+                        printf("Adding %s\n", filename);
+                        tcc_add_file(s1, filename);
+                        // get the ")" for the AS_NEEDED
+                        t = ld_next(s1, cmd, sizeof(cmd));
+                        if (t != ')')
+                                expect(")");
+                        // get the next filename for the loop
+                        t = ld_next(s1, filename, sizeof(filename));
+                        }// if AS_NEEDED
+            }//for...
         } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "OUTPUT_FORMAT") ||
                    !strcmp(cmd, "TARGET")) {
             /* ignore some commands */
@@ -2330,7 +2362,8 @@
                     break;
                 }
             }
-        } else {
+        }
+         else {
             return -1;
         }
     }