On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 07:10:23AM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > We need a configure time option to link statically against GMP and > MPFR even if dynamic versions of the libraries are available. > > I would argue that static linking should be the default, since that is > the least surprising option. People who understand the issues can > enable dynamic linking. But I'm willing to be overruled on this > point.
It's no different than any other library used by any other program. I wouldn't object to configure support to request static gmp/mpfr for developer convenience, but GCC is a perfectly normal dynamically linked program and should behave like one IMO. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery