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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-07-14 07:43:18 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-07-14 07:43:18 +0000
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PR 10380
* README: Document use of LDFLAGS="--static".
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-rw-r--r--binutils/README13
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diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 58f8bc8..91ea69c 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-07-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 10380
+ * README: Document use of LDFLAGS="--static".
+
2009-07-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
diff --git a/binutils/README b/binutils/README
index 5bc2508..fc474a5 100644
--- a/binutils/README
+++ b/binutils/README
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ On 32-bit hosts though, this support will be restricted to 32-bit
target unless the --enable-64-bit-bfd option is also used:
./configure --enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-targets=all
-
+
You can also specify the --enable-shared option when you run
configure. This will build the BFD and opcodes libraries as shared
libraries. You can use arguments with the --enable-shared option to
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ binaries, you may have to set an environment variable, normally
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so that the system can find the installed libbfd
shared library.
+On hosts that support shared system libraries the binutils will be
+linked against them. If you have static versions of the system
+libraries installed as well and you wish to create static binaries
+instead then use the LDFLAGS environment variable, like this:
+
+ ../binutils-XXX/configure LDFLAGS="--static" [more options]
+
+Note: the two dashes are important. The binutils make use of the
+libtool script which has a special interpretation of "-static" when it
+is in the LDFLAGS environment variable.
+
To build under openVMS/AXP, see the file makefile.vms in the top level
directory.