Hi -
> I'd like to build, just as an example, libdebuginfod as ONLY a static > library and link it statically with debuginfod, gdb, etc. libdebuginfod relies on a bunch of other libraries (curl and all of its dependencies), so a libdebuginfod.a is unlikely to buy you much. OTOH, libtool is one way to arrange building both .a and .so's from such libraries, and propagate dependencies via the .la files. - FChE
