Hey guys & girls,

Firstly Hi! I'm new to forums (and linux overall)...I read the FAQ and newbie section, but my question is pretty specific and doesn't seem to be answered there.

I am running Fedora 12 and I'm installing IRC 2.11.2p1 . I am using one of tutorials I found at 'linsec.ca/Secure_IRC:_Authentication_and_Encryption' ...which has been very helpful. The problem I have is I am at the stage where I am supposed to change the line 'LDFLAGS = -static' to the makefile which apparently I need in order to tell the compiler that I want a statically compiled binary (a must in the chroot environment). Problem is there is no line in the makefile to make this change. Can someone tell me where in the make file (listed at the bottom) I need to add this line and if there are any other lines I need to add as well?

Honestly I can't find a good explanation for the difference between a statically compiled binary and a 'not-statically (dynamic?)' compiled binary(i am not a programmer 'yet'). The issue is partly due to the fact I am using a newer version of IRC then the one in the tutorial but all of my reading suggested I would be better off to use 2.11 so I've gone with it so far.

Bare with me I am relatively new to the linux/unix world.

makefile...

MANDIR=/usr/local/man

all:

sgml: service doc

doc: INSTALL.sgml
sgml2txt INSTALL.sgml
sgml2info INSTALL.sgml

service: SERVICE.sgml
sgml2txt SERVICE.sgml

install: all
-${INSTALL} -c -m 644 ircd.8 ${MANDIR}/man8
-${INSTALL} -c -m 644 ircd.1 ${MANDIR}/man1

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks