RE: question: use of LDFLAGS=-static

[Stephano Mariani]

Are you using libtool? If not, use it! If so, ask on the libtool list.

Stephano Mariani


> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
Of Ilya Shlyakhter
> Sent: Monday, 25 February 2002 11 0
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: question: use of LDFLAGS=-static
> 
> Hello automake experts,
> 
> How do I get automake to do static linking
> whenever possible, and do dynamic linking
> otherwise?  Simply using
> 
> LDFLAGS = -static
> 
> fails on IRIX and MacOS (darwin),
> where static linking is not possible.
> Omitting -static works everywhere, but
> the resulting binaries won't work on
> systems lacking the right shared libraries.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Ilya
> address@hidden
> 
> 
>