[Buildroot] [Patch] Allow file to be built against static libs.

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "ANDY" == ANDY KENNEDY <ANDY.KENNEDY at adtran.com> writes:

 ANDY> If selected "prefer static libs", file fails to build reporting:
 ANDY> relocation R_X86_64_32S against `zcalloc' can not be used when making
 ANDY> a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
 ANDY> The suggested -fPIC doesn't work.  The issue is that the default
 ANDY> configure has --enable-shared --enable-static.  This patch modifies
 ANDY> the configure to disable shared when "prefer static libs" is selected.

 ANDY>  FILE_DEPENDENCIES = host-file zlib
 ANDY>  HOST_FILE_DEPENDENCIES = host-zlib

 ANDY> +ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
 ANDY> +FILE_CONF_OPT = --disable-shared --enable-static
 ANDY> +HOST_FILE_CONF_OPT = --disable-shared --enable-static

We indeed force --enable-shared --disable-static for host builds, but
that doesn't really matter. For target builds we use (see
package/Makefile.in) --enable-static --enable-shared when
PREFER_STATIC_LIB is enabled, so rather than something file specific, I
think it would make more sense to set that to --enable-static
--disable-shared instead.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard