This is my last reply on this thread. What I show you is that without any change I compile static code for arm using cross compiler. I guess I am far more knowledgeable than you to tell me what is right, and I disapprove your comments and language.
So the answer to your initial question: yes, openvpn can be compiled statically. Figure it out your-self. On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Mr Dash Four <mr.dash.f...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-objdump: >> image-arm-static/openvpn/sbin/openvpn: Invalid operation >> > > Huh? > > Have you altered the sources/makefiles of openvpn or any of the dependent > libraries (lzo, openssh etc) by any chance? I noticed you are applying a > single patch to the lzo source, which I had to re-adjust as I was using a > newer version, but I am not aware of any alterations that you have made to > these - if you have done so, please state what these alterations are? > > I don't know whether you've altered the original build script or not, but > the end result, before applying my changes, clearly produces openvpn > executable, which has external dependencies on all statically-produced .la > files/libraries (lzo, openssh etc) - they are all packed in the .tar archive > produced at the end of this script (located in the /lib directory to be more > precise). > > I don't know what you are trying to prove by posting the above though - the > final gcc linker call, which produces the openvpn executable before packing > the image does *not* have any static-linking related options whatsoever! I > could post the exact gcc command line, but I do not have access to that > machine at present. > > These options are, as I already pointed out previously, "-static", > "-static-gcc" as well as "-ldl" - the latter being a new dependencies, > necessary to offset the fact that all dl* calls (dlopen etc) won't be > satisfied if static linking is invoked, so this external library needs to be > included so that static linking succeeds, otherwise you will get "unknown > symbol" errors. > > Again, all that is provided you haven't altered any of the core source > and/or makefile scripts in any way (I haven't used your own - alonbv - repos > to download these, but downloaded these packages from their original source > where these projects are created - openvpn.net, openssh.org etc). If you > have made such alterations, I'd like to know what changes have you made? >
