diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/lib.c b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/lib.c
index 25512bb6239c..e1e15d287e69 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/lib.c
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/lib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: lib.c,v 1.11 1994/12/23 22:30:45 nate Exp $	- library routines
+ * $Id: lib.c,v 1.12 1995/03/04 17:46:08 nate Exp $	- library routines
  */
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -558,12 +558,9 @@ subfile_wanted_p(entry)
 			}
 
 			/*
-			 * At this point, either the new symbol is a common
-			 * and the shared object reference is undefined --
-			 * in which case we note the common -- or the shared
-			 * object reference has a definition -- in which case
-			 * the library member takes precedence.
-			 */
+ 			 * If the shared object referenced is undefined 
+			 * then note is as a common.
+ 			 */
 			if (iscommon) {
 				/*
 				 * New symbol is common, just takes its
@@ -585,11 +582,17 @@ subfile_wanted_p(entry)
 			if (write_map) {
 				print_file_name(entry, stdout);
 				fprintf(stdout,
-					" needed due to shared lib ref %s (%d)\n",
+					" uneeded due to shared lib ref %s (%d)\n",
 					sp->name,
 					lsp ? lsp->nzlist.nlist.n_type : -1);
 			}
-			return 1;
+			/*
+			 * The shared object reference has a definition.  
+			 * Since it was previously defined in a shlib, it
+			 * takes precedence over the new definition in the
+			 * library member.
+			 */
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}