On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 17:57 +0100, Michael Hertling wrote: > On 11/02/2010 10:54 PM, Szilárd Páll wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been trying to implement a feature which would enable building > > static binaries with cmake, but I've got completely stuck, I hope > > someone can hint me what's the best way to do this. > > > > What I've done is a 2 stage solution for making static binaries: > > > > 1) Telling cmake to prefer picking up ".a"-s when searching for > > libraries (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES). > > > > This works fine, but referring to file extensions/endings might not be > > general enough. Making it less platform-dependent would require > > rewriting the way external libraries are treated: instead of adding > > them with full path we'd need to add -Lpath -llibname separately. Any > > other ways for doing this? > > > > > > 2) Telling cmake to use static system libraries. > > > > This should work with the target property LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC which > > essentially should result in a the system libs linked in statically > > whenever possible (depending on the platform). Well, it seems that > > even in fairly straightforward situations (Linux + gcc) I get the a > > linker error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s. > > > > Obviously, libgcc_s.a is not available, but by looking at the verbose > > output, the implicit gcc linker call contains the "-Wl,-Bstatic" > > argument. This AFAIK is not correct, or more precisely not enough to > > just tell ld to link statically, gcc also has to know about it > > (through the "-static" argument). Can anyone confirm this? > > > > > > I'd be grateful for tips on how to fix the issue with 2), but I'm open > > for other portable (and preferably elegant) solutions. > > FYI: See [1], and in particular [2] and [3]. > > Regards, > > Michael > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21106.html > [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21317.html > [3] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21416.html > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
Hi Szilárd, You may also want to read http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg25066.html Regards, Marcel Loose. _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
