/* If we are being called from within a group, and this
is an archive which has already been searched, then
- force it to be researched. */
+ force it to be researched unless the whole archive
+ has been loaded already. */
if (force
+ && !s->input_statement.whole_archive
&& s->input_statement.loaded
&& bfd_check_format (s->input_statement.the_bfd,
bfd_archive))