Use the approriate command for combining .o files.

Make.rules.in

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RANLIB    = @RANLIB@
 LN_S      = @LN_S@
 DIVINCL   = -I$(SRCDIR) -I. -I$(TOPSRCDIR)/include -I$(TOPOBJDIR)/include
 ALLCFLAGS = $(DIVINCL) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(OPTIONS) $(X_CFLAGS)
-LDCOMBINE = ld -r
+LDCOMBINE = @LDCOMBINE@
 LDFLAGS   = @LDFLAGS@
 AR        = ar rc
 RM        = rm -f

configure.in

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_CHECK_PROG(C2MAN,c2man,c2man,\$(TOPSRCDIR)/tools/c2man.pl)
 AC_PATH_PROG(LDCONFIG, ldconfig, true, /sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH)
+AC_CYGWIN
 
 dnl Check for lint
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(LINT, lclint lint)
@@ -79,6 +80,14 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(LINT)
 AC_SUBST(LINTFLAGS)
 
+if test "$CYGWIN" = "yes"
+then
+    LDCOMBINE="ld -r --enable-stdcall-fixup"
+else
+    LDCOMBINE="ld -r"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(LDCOMBINE)
+
 dnl **** Check for some libraries ****
 
 dnl Check for -lm for BeOS