Use LDFLAGS when creating shared libraries. It may contain the paths to essential libraries.

config/rules.mk

@@ -718,13 +718,13 @@ ifdef SHARED_LIBRARY_LIBS
 ifeq ($(TARGET_MD_ARCH), win32)
 	$(MKSHLIB) $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(SUB_LOBJS) $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS) $(OS_LIBS)
 else
-	$(MKSHLIB) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(SUB_LOBJS) $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS) $(OS_LIBS)
+	$(MKSHLIB) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(SUB_LOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS) $(OS_LIBS)
 endif # TARGET_MD_ARCH
 else
-	$(MKSHLIB) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS) $(OS_LIBS)
+	$(MKSHLIB) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS) $(OS_LIBS)
 endif
 else
-	$(MKSHLIB) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS) $(OS_LIBS)
+	$(MKSHLIB) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS) $(OS_LIBS)
 endif
 	@rm -f foodummyfilefoo $(SUB_LOBJS)
 else

js/src/Makefile.in

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ else
 NSPR_STATIC_PATH = $(DIST)/lib
 endif
 
-LDFLAGS		= $(pathsubst -l%,$(NSPR_STATIC_PATH)/%.a,$(NSPR_LIBS))
+LDFLAGS		+= $(pathsubst -l%,$(NSPR_STATIC_PATH)/%.a,$(NSPR_LIBS))
 
 ifneq ($(OS_ARCH),BeOS)
 LDFLAGS		+= -lm