On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > As a workaround for a static binary, you should be able to use
> > -Xlinker -Bstatic
> > instead of
> > -static
>
> Actually, it appears that just -Xlinker is necessary; it works
> fine in conjunction with -static. Thanks for this most helpful
> tip! I can see a *lot* of scenarios where I'll be using
> -Xlinker in the future. I didn't even know about that flag. :)
This is because `-Xlinker -static' is equivalent to `-Xlinker -Bstatic'
in the elf case. Passing -static to the linker used to be a common
error. The aout linker doesn't understand -static; it has sloppy args
checking and misinterprets -static as -s (strip).
-Xlinker alone is bogus. -Xlinker is not an option; it modifies the
next option by causing it to be passed to the linker instead of
interpreted by the compiler.
I didn't know about -Xlinker either :-). It is normally spelled `-Wl,'.
Bruce
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