diff -Nurd open-cobol-1.0.orig/bin/Makefile.in open-cobol-1.0/bin/Makefile.in
--- open-cobol-1.0.orig/bin/Makefile.in	2007-10-11 12:28:19.000000000 -0400
+++ open-cobol-1.0/bin/Makefile.in	2024-04-03 01:36:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 cobcrun_SOURCES = cobcrun.c
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(COB_EXPORT_DYN)
 cobcrun_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir)
-cobcrun_LDADD = -L$(top_builddir)/libcob -lcob $(LIBCOB_LIBS)
+cobcrun_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/libcob/libcob.la $(LIBCOB_LIBS)
 all: all-am
 
 .SUFFIXES: