@@ -199,10 +199,14 @@
 		fi
 
 		projlibfilesnostub="`echo "$projlibfiles" | grep -v 'stub' | tr "\n" ' '`"
 		projlibfiles="`echo "$projlibfiles" | tr "\n" ' '`"
 		projlibextra=""
+
+		if test "$projlibfilesnostub" = ' '; then
+			projlibfilesnostub=''
+		fi
 
 		for libfile in ${projlibfilesnostub}; do
 			if test -f "${libfile}.linkadd"; then
 				projlibextra="`cat "${libfile}.linkadd"`"
 			fi
@@ -275,10 +279,11 @@
 		dnl Do not explicitly link to Zlib, that will happen elsewhere
 		if test "${proj}" = "zlib"; then
 			continue
 		fi
 
+echo "***: proj=$proj; subprojs=$subprojs; projlibfilesnostub=\"$projlibfilesnostub\""
 		if test -n "${subprojs}"; then
 			if test -n "${projlibfilesnostub}"; then
 				for subproj in $subprojs; do
 					subprojucase="`echo ${subproj} | dd conv=ucase 2>/dev/null`"
 					subprojtcase="`echo ${subprojucase} | cut -c 1``echo ${subproj} | cut -c 2-`"