smithj@ichigo ~ $  file /usr/i386-linux-uclibc/usr/lib/libc.a
/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/usr/lib/libc.a: current ar archive
smithj@ichigo ~ $  gcc -static -print-file-name=libc.a -L/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/usr/lib 
/usr/lib/gcc/i386-unknown-linux/4.1.1/../../../libc.a