static linking of gtk+ 2.4.1 and programs

[Mirco Mueller <mirco mueller post rwth-aachen de>]

Hello there everybody!

	After reading the web and one straight day/night of trying out stuff, I
cannot figure out why static linking doesn't work. According to the
DirectFB-project this seem to be possible
(http://www.directfb.org/documentation/GTK_Embedded/).

I got those libs:

	atk-1.6.0
	fontconfig-2.2.2
	freetype-2.1.8
	glib-2.4.0
	gtk+-2.4.1
	jpeg-6b
	libpng-1.2.5
	pango-1.4.0
	tiff-v3.6.1
	zlib-1.2.1

	All (if possible) where compiled with --enable-static. After "make
install" I really have all those *.a files in <prefix>/lib

	Now trying to compile test-static.c (see bottom of eMail) with the
command...

gcc `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` -L/home/mirco/test-system/lib
-lgtk-x11-2.0 test-static.c -o test-static

... works as expected. The resulting binary test-static compiles and
runs.

	If I try the same with static linking like...

gcc `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` -static -L/home/mirco/test-system/lib
-Wl,-Bstatic -lgtk-x11-2.0 test-static.c -o test-static

... I get these errors:

/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0xe): In function `delete_event':
: undefined reference to `g_print'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0x20): In function `destroy':
: undefined reference to `gtk_main_quit'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0x50): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `gtk_init'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0x5c): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `gtk_window_new'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0x72): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `g_type_check_instance_cast'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0xa2): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `g_signal_connect_data'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0xb5): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `g_type_check_instance_cast'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0xe5): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `g_signal_connect_data'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0xf0): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `gtk_widget_show'
/tmp/ccuoq9YZ.o(.text+0xf5): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `gtk_main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

BTW, I'm using gcc 3.4.0.

	Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your time and
kind advice!

Best regards...

Mirco

test-static.c:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
static gboolean delete_event(GtkWidget* widget,
GdkEvent* event,
gpointer data)
{
    g_print ("delete event occurred\n");
    return FALSE;
}
 
static void destroy (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
{
    gtk_main_quit ();
}
 
int main (int argc, char** argv)
{
    GtkWidget*      window;
 
    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
    window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
    g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window),
                      "delete_event",
                      G_CALLBACK (delete_event),
                      NULL);
    g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window),
                      "destroy",
                      G_CALLBACK (destroy),
                      NULL);
    gtk_widget_show (window);
    gtk_main ();
 
    return 0;
}