[Buildroot] BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB and LDFLAGS+= -static
ANDY KENNEDY
ANDY.KENNEDY at adtran.com
Mon Nov 5 16:24:32 UTC 2012
> On 11/02/12 18:06, ANDY KENNEDY wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Near line 302 in package/Makefile.in was added TARGET_LDFLAGS += -static
> > to satisfy a request I made a while back. This really needs to be
> > --static so that it filters down through autoconf the correct way. If
> > -static is passed in LDFLAGS, autoconf regularly mishandles this by
> > setting a variable then never reconfiguring the package's make system
> > to build static. However, the --static to ld is the same as -static,
> > but autoconf does not compare for --static, thus, packages get built as
> > desired.
>
> I don't really understand how it can go wrong... Can you give an example
> of a package with a configure script that handles it the wrong way?
kexec, htop, proftpd, dropbear, etc.
kexec is special in that it also has kdump which I never figured out how
to get that make system to build it static (I drop it off, however, as I
don't need it).
>
> >
> > Can someone change this in package/Makefile.in or should I submit a
> > dinky patch for this?
>
> Yes, please submit a patch.
>
> Regards,
> Arnout
>
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