I am trying to build tclcurl on mac.
I am following examples in the README.
I installed openssl and curl. curl works to get an https url.
but I get an error when I try to compile tclcurl. it is complaining
that it 'ld' didn't find -l:libcurl.a .
indeed the file is in the -L directory below.
can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? thanks for any help!
here is the (full) output of the tclcurl build script:

Robert Karen

Roberts-MacBook-Air:tclcurl-master robertkaren$ tclsh build.tcl debug -static -curl /Users/robertkaren/install/curl-7.41.0
Version: 7.41.0
Config: macosx-x86_64
Build: macosx-x86_64-gcc
Target: macosx-x86_64
Source: tclcurl.tcl (provide TclCurl 7.41.0)
Library: tclcurl.dylib
(tclStubsPtr => const TclStubs *tclStubsPtr;)
(tclPlatStubsPtr => const TclPlatStubs *tclPlatStubsPtr;)

Wed Feb 02 16:21:39 EST 2022 - /Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/tclcurl.dylib

gcc
-c
-arch
x86_64
-DUSE_THREAD_ALLOC=1
-D_REENTRANT=1
-D_THREAD_SAFE=1
-DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE=1
-DHAVE_READDIR_R=1
-DTCL_THREADS=1
-DUSE_TCL_STUBS
-I/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.6/Resources/Scripts/critcl3.1.17/critcl_c/tcl8.6
-I/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master
-I/Users/robertkaren/install/curl-7.41.0/include
-I/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.6/include
-I/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl
-o
/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/v3117_00000000000000000000000000000029_g_pic.o
/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/v3117_00000000000000000000000000000029.c


/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/v3117_00000000000000000000000000000029_g_pic.o: 1492 bytes

gcc
-bundle
-arch
x86_64
-o
/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/v3117_00000000000000000000000000000029.dylib
/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/v3117_00000000000000000000000000000029_g_pic.o
/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/v3117_00000000000000000000000000000023_g_pic.o
/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/tclcurl-master_multi.o
/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/tclcurl-master_tclcurl.o
-L/Users/robertkaren/install/curl-7.41.0/lib
-L/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.6/Resources/Scripts
-l:libcurl.a
-l:libssl.a
-l:libcrypto.a
-lpthread
-lm
-lgcc_eh

ld: library not found for -l:libcurl.a
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

ERROR while linking /Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl/v3117_00000000000000000000000000000029.dylib:
child process exited abnormally
Manifest Command:
Manifest File: <<not present>>, ignored

critcl build failed (/Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/tclcurl.dylib) (FAILED) Files left in /Users/robertkaren/install/tclcurl-master/BUILD.tclcurl FAILURES 1
FAILED: <<Bracket>>
FAILED

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