On Thursday 23 October 2003 01:01, Phil Edwards wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:40:49PM -0500, Wolcott, Ken (MED, Compuware) wrote: > > However, my developers would like to have the the cross compiler tool > > chain to be statically linked rather than dynamically linked. So is this > > done via configure --enable-static when compiling gcc and glibc or via > > configure --disable-shared? Or do I have to modify the associated > > Makefiles manually of all components so that LD is given -static? > > The --enable/--disable switches affect the kinds of runtime libraries built > during the bootstrap process, not the capabilities of the new compiler, > nor the linkage of the new compiler. > > This is documented at gcc.gnu.org/install, along with the technique for > passing arbitrary flags to the bootstrap compiler (the one building your > new compiler); if you're using gcc as a bootstrap compiler, try adding > -static to the various CFLAGS. > > > Also, there is some mention of manually modifying the "spec" file(s). > > What are the gcc spec files? What I can tell so far is that this > > mechanism is used so that gcc subcomponents can be found by gcc. One of > > my developers calls this "pathing" and he is concerned that gcc picks up > > libraries that have nothing to do with the target. Could somebody > > elaborate on the existence of and the purpose of the spec files? > > You have the right idea. I've never heard it called "pathing" before. > To see the full command lines of the subcommands run by gcc, add -v to > the command line. This will also tell you the location of the primary > specs file. > > If you find that you need to make changes which cannot be done using other > command-line options, try making a small ancilliary specs file and using > --specs=filename, rather than editing the primary file. Be careful in any > case, as the format is extremely fragile. (It's meant to be read quickly > by a program, not edited easily by a human.[*]) > > > Phil > [*] Analogies with sendmail.cf can be made here. Hi Phil; Thanks for your reply. I think it will be helpful. Ken
