On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 11:13:53PM -0400, Mag Gam wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > > On 2009-04-06 18:59, Mag Gam wrote: > >> > >> I was wondering if its possible to compile src code (for example > >> rsync) to create 1 large binary. I want to do this to easily > >> distribute rsync. > > > > To what kind of platform? You can't just require that certain libraries > > exist? > > > > Besides, static binaries are *huge*. Definitely not compact. Do you really > > mean stand-alone? >> I don't really care about the size. But I really want the entire rsync > distribution to be in 1 file. > > What is the difference between static binary and standalone? >
Isn't there a tool that takes a dynamically linked binary and creates a statically linked binary without recompiling from source? I still can't imagine needing to create a statically linked binary to distribute it. Is this for unix? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
