Re: [Tinycc-devel] Is static linking functional?

[Wendell P]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014, at 11:40 AM, grischka wrote:
> Why should we comment about the usability of -static if you
> don't even know that it means?

I'll admit I'm confused by the operation of the "-static" switch in TCC.

    tcc app.c lib.a

outputs an "app.exe" but

    tcc -static app.c lib.a

gives an error

    tcc: error: cannot find library: msvcrt


>From looking at these lines in tccpe.c, it seems that should not happen.
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    if (0 == s1->nostdlib) {
        static const char *libs[] = {
            "libtcc1.a", "msvcrt", "kernel32", "", "user32", "gdi32",
            NULL
        };
        const char **pp, *p;
        for (pp = libs; 0 != (p = *pp); ++pp) {
            if (0 == *p) {
                if (PE_DLL != pe_type && PE_GUI != pe_type)
                    break;
            } else if (pp == libs ? tcc_add_dll(s1, p, 0) :
            tcc_add_library(s1, p)) {
                tcc_error_noabort("cannot find library: %s", p);
                break;
            }
        }
    }
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