On 2022-07-28 10:13, Florian Westphal wrote:
Justin Swartz <justin.swartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Assign "-all-static" (instead of "-static") to "static_LDFLAGS" in
Makefile.am, as libtool will only produce a static binary if it is
explicitly told that all of the linked libraries should be static.
Before libtool conversion "make static" did not create a static binary
either. It builds a version of ebtables that has libebtables.so
baked in.
So, as far as I can see, "make static" does the same thing it
did prio to automake/libtool conversion, place all the extensions
and libebtables in the "static" binary, but link libc.so dynamically.
Thanks for the clarification.
I assumed "make static" was intended to produce an actual static binary.
As part of a small distribution that I use on a few bridging firewalls,
I have only ebtables and busybox, both built as static binaries, plus
inittab and a few init scripts.
I don't mind patching "Makefile.am" for myself, but I would also be
happy
to submit something like the following, if nice-to-have, to provide an
"allstatic" which shouldn't break anything for those who require
"static"
in its current form.
--%--
sbin_PROGRAMS = ebtables-legacy ebtablesd ebtablesu
ebtables-legacy-restore
-EXTRA_PROGRAMS = static examples/ulog/test_ulog
+EXTRA_PROGRAMS = allstatic static examples/ulog/test_ulog
sysconf_DATA = ethertypes
...
static_SOURCES = ebtables-standalone.c $(libebtc_la_SOURCES)
static_LDFLAGS = -static
+allstatic_SOURCES = $(static_SOURCES)
+allstatic_LDFLAGS = -all-static
examples_ulog_test_ulog_SOURCES = examples/ulog/test_ulog.c
getethertype.c
--%--
