When a .o file is an absolute pathname, assume it's a file for which

we have no .c source.

Modules/makesetup

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ sed -e 's/[ 	]*#.*//' -e '/^[ 	]*$/d' |
 			*.a)		libs="$libs $arg";;
 			*.so)		libs="$libs $arg";;
 			*.sl)		libs="$libs $arg";;
+			/*.o)		libs="$libs $arg";;
 			*.o)		srcs="$srcs `basename $arg .o`.c";;
 			*.[cC])		srcs="$srcs $arg";;
 			*.cc)		srcs="$srcs $arg";;