Re: Help with static linking

2013-05-31 Thread Dan Kegel
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Kip Warner wrote: > The ones for certain I know I should be able to statically link against are > at least libzzip and libpng. You have > PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libzzip], [zziplib], [have_zzip=yes], [have_zzip=no]) Have you seen https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.

Re: Error while building autoconf-2.69

2013-05-31 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/31/2013 12:24 AM, DUBEY, Abir (Intern) wrote: > I am trying to build autoconf-2.69. The ./configure command runs fine, but > when i do make check, i get these errors > > standards.texi:3229: Unknown command `guilsinglleft'. What version of makeinfo are you using? Most likely, this is a ca

Error while building autoconf-2.69

2013-05-31 Thread DUBEY, Abir (Intern)
I am trying to build autoconf-2.69. The ./configure command runs fine, but when i do make check, i get these errors standards.texi:3229: Unknown command `guilsinglleft'. standards.texi:3229: Misplaced {. standards.texi:3229: Misplaced }. standards.texi:3229: Unknown command `guilsinglright'. stan

Re: Help with static linking

2013-05-31 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Robert Boehne wrote: > -Wl,-static -lzzip -Wl,call_shared > > I don't have a computer in front of me, so YMMV, you should man ld to make > sure those flags are correct. > What you're thinking of is -Wl,-Bstatic and -Wl,-Bdynamic — for the GNU linker at least, but

Re: Help with static linking

2013-05-31 Thread Robert Boehne
Statically linking libc is a recipe for disaster, so either read and understand why, or just take my word for it. I don't quite understand why you think you need the rest linked statically, BUT the easiest way to do that would be to add LT_INIT to configure.ac to use Libtool, and add --static-