configure with static libs

[gosk]

Hi,

I am developing an embedded device using arm platform and there I want to install a mad player in the target. for that I want to copile it in my host with static libraries. I already tried using
--enable-static --disable-shared
options in the configuration command. Although the command generates static libs, the executable program still requires shared libs when I try command "arm-linux-readelf -d /location/madplay "

what should I do in order to build the program completely static ?

thank you.

[Rubberman]

Building the package's components to generate static libraries is one thing. Linking is another. Find the line in the Makefile(s) that create/link the executables and make sure you have added the -static and -static-libgcc options. You might be able to specify these linker options to the configure script (safer), but if not, then edit the appropriate Makefiles as indicated above.

[gosk]

Hi,

thanks for your answer. But still I have the same problem. After running config script, as you said I manually changed every Makefile as follow
CC = /usr/local/arm_linux_4.2/bin/arm-linux-gcc -static -static-libgcc
CPP = /usr/local/arm_linux_4.2/bin/arm-linux-gcc -static -static-libgcc -E

and then ran make and make install commands. But still the executable program needs shared libs. what should I do?

thank you.

[Rubberman]

Is there any Makefile variable LD defined something like this?

LD = /usr/local/arm_linux_4.2/bin/arm-linux-ld

If so, then add the -static -static-libgcc options to that.

[gosk]

Hi Rubberman,

I checked Makefiles but none of them contains a variable named LD or related to ld command. So I manually added
LD = /usr/local/arm_linux_4.2/bin/arm-linux-ld -static -static-libgcc
But the output had not changed.

thank you.

[Rubberman]

The thing with the LD variable was just if they were using that instead of CC to build the executables. You can us the compiler to build executables, in which case the compiler will call the linker with the appropriate options, or you can use the linker directly. Some applications do it one way, and some do it the other way.

[gosk]

Hi,

thanks for your reply.But I am still struggling with the same problem. what are the next possible options?

thank you.