For static linking, we need 2 things:
1) lib-link.m4 should use -l<libname> and not <full path to lib>, else it tries
   to link against the .so
2) lib-link.m4 should add $LIBS after the libs we test for, else newer ld's do
   not resolve symbols in static libs properly.

Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>

--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -10304,5 +10304,5 @@
             if test "X$found_so" != "X"; then
                                                         if test "$enable_rpath" = no || test "X$found_dir" = "X/usr/lib"; then
-                                LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }$found_so"
+                                LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }-l$name"
               else
                                                                                 haveit=
@@ -10317,8 +10317,8 @@
                 fi
                                 if test "$hardcode_direct" = yes; then
-                                                      LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }$found_so"
+                                                      LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }-l$name"
                 else
                   if test -n "$hardcode_libdir_flag_spec" && test "$hardcode_minus_L" = no; then
-                                                            LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }$found_so"
+                                                            LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }-l$name"
                                                             haveit=
                     for x in $rpathdirs; do
@@ -10352,5 +10352,5 @@
                     fi
                     if test "$hardcode_minus_L" != no; then
-                                                                                        LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }$found_so"
+                                                                                        LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }-l$name"
                     else
                                                                                                                                                                                 LIBGNUTLS="${LIBGNUTLS}${LIBGNUTLS:+ }-l$name"
@@ -10579,5 +10579,5 @@
 
     ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-    LIBS="$LIBS $LIBGNUTLS"
+    LIBS="$LIBGNUTLS $LIBS"
     cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
@@ -10957,5 +10957,5 @@
             if test "X$found_so" != "X"; then
                                                         if test "$enable_rpath" = no || test "X$found_dir" = "X/usr/lib"; then
-                                LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }$found_so"
+                                LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }-l$name"
               else
                                                                                 haveit=
@@ -10970,8 +10970,8 @@
                 fi
                                 if test "$hardcode_direct" = yes; then
-                                                      LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }$found_so"
+                                                      LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }-l$name"
                 else
                   if test -n "$hardcode_libdir_flag_spec" && test "$hardcode_minus_L" = no; then
-                                                            LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }$found_so"
+                                                            LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }-l$name"
                                                             haveit=
                     for x in $rpathdirs; do
@@ -11005,5 +11005,5 @@
                     fi
                     if test "$hardcode_minus_L" != no; then
-                                                                                        LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }$found_so"
+                                                                                        LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }-l$name"
                     else
                                                                                                                                                                                 LIBSSL="${LIBSSL}${LIBSSL:+ }-l$name"
@@ -11232,5 +11232,5 @@
 
     ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-    LIBS="$LIBS $LIBSSL"
+    LIBS="$LIBSSL $LIBS"
     cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
--- src/Makefile.in
+++ src/Makefile.in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 DEFS     = @DEFS@ -DSYSTEM_WGETRC=\"$(sysconfdir)/wgetrc\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
 CFLAGS   = @CFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS  = @LDFLAGS@ 
-LIBS     = @LIBS@ @LIBSSL@ @LIBGNUTLS@
+LIBS     = @LIBSSL@ @LIBGNUTLS@ @LIBS@
 exeext   = @EXEEXT@
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir)
--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 DEFS = @DEFS@ -DSYSTEM_WGETRC=\"$(sysconfdir)/wgetrc\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
-LIBS = @LIBS@ @LIBSSL@ @LIBGNUTLS@
+LIBS = @LIBSSL@ @LIBGNUTLS@ @LIBS@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 
 #