Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 20:56:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Andrew Herdman <andrew@why.whine.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a true static binary Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960623205421.10774A-100000@ginger.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960623201825.6315A-100000@why>
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On Sun, 23 Jun 1996, Andrew Herdman wrote: > I've noticed that whenever I create a static binary for people, that libc > is never included (perhaps others as well?) in the binary. This started > becomming a problem when I moved up to 2.2-960501-SNAP where libc changed > from 2.2 to 3.0. Is there a way to have the binary include everything it > needs into itself so that no libraries are necessary? Realize that doing what you ask is going to create huge binaries, but I guess that's your lookout ... just link your program with the -static option (check the gcc man page). > > Andrew > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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