[patch] ./configure --enable-static

[Amos Waterland]

Sometimes it is useful to compile the coreutils as statically linked
programs.  Please consider the following.  Thanks.

2004-04-20  Amos Waterland  <address@hidden>

        * configure.ac: Add `--enable-static' option.

--- configure.ac.orig   2004-03-02 16:47:31.000000000 -0600
+++ configure.ac        2004-04-20 13:09:54.000000000 -0500
@@ -232,6 +232,22 @@
 
 jm_LIB_CHECK
 
+# Add an option to produce statically linked binaries.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([static],
+               AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-static],
+                              [build static library @<:@default=no@:>@]),
+               [static=$enableval],
+               [static=no])
+
+# Check whether user supplied the option to statically link binaries.
+if test "$static" = yes; then
+        # if we're using gcc, add `-static' to LDFLAGS
+        if test -n "$GCC" || test "$ac_cv_prog_gcc" = "yes"; then
+                STATIC_LD="-static"
+                LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -static"
+        fi
+fi
+
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-ngettext])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.13.1)