Re: creating a compact binary

2009-04-08 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
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

Re: creating a compact binary

2009-04-08 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Isn't there a tool that takes a dynamically linked binary and creates a statically linked binary without recompiling from source? Googling gives http://statifier.sourceforge.net/statifier/main.html which according to the description is what the OP needs. Sjoerd -- ()

creating a compact binary

2009-04-07 Thread Mag Gam
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. TIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: creating a compact binary

2009-04-07 Thread Sharninder
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Mag Gam magaw...@gmail.com 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. If I'm reading this correctly, what you need is compiling the rsync binary as a

Re: creating a compact binary

2009-04-07 Thread Mag Gam
correct. I want to make a static linked binary for rsync. Thanks for stating the obvious. On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:01 AM, Sharninder sharnin...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Mag Gam magaw...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if its possible to compile src code (for example

Re: creating a compact binary

2009-04-07 Thread Ron Johnson
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

Re: creating a compact binary

2009-04-07 Thread Mag Gam
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? 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