On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:28:21 -0800 walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > Renat Golubchyk wrote: > > > As you said, you really are confused. :-) Maybe I wasn't clear > > enough. Anyway, I've written a program, and I need it as a > > statically linked binary. In order to link statically the linker > > (ld) needs all the used libraries in static form, i.e. as a .a and > > not as a .so file. Since portage does not build static libraries by > > default I need a way to tell portage that I really do want to > > have .a files built. > > > > I do _not_ want to create a Gentoo package, at least not at this > > stage of development. > > Still confused :o( > > Portage is for building Gentoo packages -- if you don't want to build > a Gentoo package then why is portage involved? You can compile and > link your program with any flags you want to, so as to get static > binaries.
Because my program uses different libraries which I don't build
manually. Instead I use portage. That way I can compile in only those
features that I need and I don't have to resolve dependencies.
Cheers,
Renat
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