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+; Test linking of a bc file to an archive via llvm-ld. 
+; PR1434
+; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t.bar.bc -f
+; RUN: echo {define i32* @foo(i32 %x) \{ ret i32* @baz \} \
+; RUN:   @baz = external global i32 } | llvm-as -o %t.foo.bc -f
+; RUN: llvm-ar rf %t.foo.a %t.foo.bc
+; RUN: llvm-ar rf %t.bar.a %t.bar.bc
+; RUN: llvm-ld -disable-opt %t.bar.bc %t.foo.a -o %t.bc 
+; RUN: llvm-ld -disable-opt %t.foo.bc %t.bar.a -o %t.bc
+declare i32* @foo(...)
+define i32* @bar() {
+	%ret = call i32* (...)* @foo( i32 123 )
+	ret i32* %ret
+}
+@baz = global i32 0