"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> Do you still have access to that machine? Building a staticly Dale> linked dpkg would allow us to Debianize xia01 and start building Dale> packages.
Looks like dpkg simply can't be compiled statically. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/u2/dpkg-1.4.0.24/debian/build/dpkg# gcc -Wl,-Bstatic -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -O2 -Wall -Wno-implicit -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith -Wimplicit -Wnested-externs -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -g -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -o dpkg main.o enquiry.o filesdb.o archives.o processarc.o cleanup.o select.o packages.o configure.o remove.o help.o depcon.o errors.o update.o ../lib/.libs/libdpkg.a ../lib/myopt.o /usr/lib/libc.a ../intl/libintl.a ../intl/libintl.a(dcgettext.o)(.rodata+0x0): multiple definition of `_nl_default_default_domain' /usr/lib/libc.a(dcgettext.o)(.rodata+0x0): first defined here ../intl/libintl.a(dcgettext.o)(.data+0x0): multiple definition of `_nl_current_default_domain' /usr/lib/libc.a(dcgettext.o)(.data+0x0): first defined here ../intl/libintl.a(dcgettext.o)(.rodata+0x10): multiple definition of `_nl_default_dirname' /usr/lib/libc.a(dcgettext.o)(.rodata+0x10): first defined here gcc -Wl,-Bstatic -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -O2 -Wall -Wno-implicit -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith -Wimplicit -Wnested-externs -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -g -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -o dpkg main.o enquiry.o filesdb.o archives.o processarc.o cleanup.o select.o packages.o configure.o remove.o help.o depcon.o errors.o update.o ../lib/.libs/libdpkg.a ../lib/myopt.o /usr/lib/libc.a main.o: In function `printversion': /u2/dpkg-1.4.0.24/debian/build/dpkg/../../../dpkg/main.c:44: undefined reference to `dcgettext__' /u2/dpkg-1.4.0.24/debian/build/dpkg/../../../dpkg/main.c:49: undefined reference to `dcgettext__' main.o: In function `usage': /u2/dpkg-1.4.0.24/debian/build/dpkg/../../../dpkg/main.c:58: undefined reference to `dcgettext__' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

