Re: How to static link a program?

[Ben Johnson <ben blarg net>]

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 06:44:15PM +0100, stian nixia no wrote:
> > ben elsa:~/Projects/hpntpos$ vi configure.in
> > ben elsa:~/Projects/hpntpos$ autoconf
> > configure.in:14: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_ENABLE_STATIC
> >       If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> >       m4_pattern_allow.
> >             See the Autoconf documentation.
> 
> aclocal is your friend

ok.  I edited my configure.in file again and added the two macros.  Then
ran aclocal.  that increased the size of my aclocal.m4 file by about
double.  ran autoconf without errors.  did:

./configure  --enable-static --disable-dynamic

without errors, but it did spit out the usual:

checking PACKAGE_CFLAGS... -DXTHREADS -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include
checking PACKAGE_LIBS... -Wl,--export-dynamic -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0

then ran 'make' and it linked dynamically again.  

gcc  -g -O2  -o hpntpos  main.o support.o interface.o callbacks.o page_lockedscreen.o page_shiftstart.o page_shiftend.o page_switchboard.o page_cashdrawermngmnt.o page_transactions.o hpnt_log.o access_checking.o signals.o state.o hpnt_db.o hpnt_options.o timer_queue.o window_enter_number_dlg.o window_keyboard_dlg.o hpntgroupedtoggle.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -lmysqlclient -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lz -lglib-2.0


I don't know what's up, and to tell you the truth, I don't really care a
whole lot.  I'm not going to any static linking anyway.  It's this other
guy who wants it, and he's not talking.  I'll let him take over this
thread if he wants.

But...  if you want me to try something to see if you can get static
linking working on my system, let me know.  I'm willing to give anything
a shot.  I am curious about it.

- Ben