[gentoo-user] Re: How to build a static application binary?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2010-12-03, Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2010 11:14 AM, "Grant Edwards" <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On 2010-12-03, Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Gotta love gcc!
>>
>> It's not gcc's fault.
>
> Iirc there a bug in glibc that makes it almost impossible to create
> static binaries with it.

Yes, that's my understanding as well.  Some design change somewhere
between glibc4 and glibc6 makes it impossible to to static linking in
any meaningful sense of the term.

> I can't look the the sources of that info atm, but it be easily found
> with google. Do the other platforms you use gcc to build static
> binaries with use a different libc?

Yes.  That's how I know it's not gcc's fault: I can build static apps
with gcc/binutils using a different libc.

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