On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:47:04 -0800 walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/13/2009 11:18 AM, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > > I need to build a static binary of a program I wrote. The problem is > > that most packages only install dynamic version of the libraries. > > There are the "static" and "static-libs" USE flags... > > I'm confused (not unusual). Do you want to create a Gentoo package of > your program that can be added to portage? > > USE flags are used only by the Gentoo portage system, not by the > compiler or linker that compiles and links your source code. > > If you wrote the program, then you have complete control over the > linker flags (e.g. -static, as Albert mentioned) and those flags > usually are defined in a Makefile (which you create, being the > programmer).
As you said, you really are confused. :-) Maybe I wasn't clear enough.
Anyway, I've written a program, and I need it as a statically linked
binary. In order to link statically the linker (ld) needs all the used
libraries in static form, i.e. as a .a and not as a .so file. Since
portage does not build static libraries by default I need a way to tell
portage that I really do want to have .a files built.
I do _not_ want to create a Gentoo package, at least not at this stage
of development.
Cheers,
Renat
--
Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen,
durch die sie entstanden sind.
(Einstein)
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
