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

[Jacob Todd]

Iirc there a bug in glibc that makes it almost impossible to create static
binaries with it. 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?
On Dec 3, 2010 11:14 AM, "Grant Edwards" <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 2010-12-03, Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@×××××.com> wrote:
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>> Gotta love gcc!
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> It's not gcc's fault.
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> I use gcc on other platforms to create static binaries and don't see
> any noticable overhead.
>
>> If you want real static binaries on a unix-ish os, use plan 9.
>
> Except that's not what I want. I want a static binary on Linux.
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