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From: jsalter@slo.awdpa.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Static linking with ld
Keywords: Bstatic linking static
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.182649.5736@panews>
Date: 8 Jan 91 18:26:49 GMT
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Reply-To: jsalter@slo.awdpa.ibm.com (Jim Salter)
Organization: IBM AWD Development, Palo Alto
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In article <9764@adobe.UUCP> jensen@adobe.COM () writes:
>   ld  normally uses dynamic linking, when you build an
>   executable.  This is fine; you save disk space and all
>   that.  However,  I need occasionally to move my executable
>   to other machines, and (for testing purposes) I would like
>   to be able to link them  statically, so the program is self-
>   contained and moveable.
>   I have not been able to find an option (like Sun's -Bstatic)
>   which can do that for me.

Look at the -bautoimp/noautoimp and -bimport options for ld.

>Freddy Jensen
>email: jensen@adobe.com

jim/jsalter  IBM AWD, Palo Alto  T465/(415)855-4427   VNET: JSALTER at AUSVMQ
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  PS/2 it, or DIE!  :-)  The ramblings above have nothing to do with Big Blue.