Re: in bash devel tree , how to make it build static bash

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/30/23 1:52 PM, Emanuele Torre wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:35:32PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > On 6/29/23 6:32 PM, Emanuele Torre wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:10:28AM +0200, alex xmb ratchev wrote:
> > > > .. whats the right way to produce a static bash build ?
> > >
> > >     $ ./configure --enable-static-link LDFLAGS=-static
> >
> > The LDFLAGS assignment shouldn't be necessary.
>
> It is necessary. For some reason, --enable-static-link does not add
> -static to LDFLAGS on linux when using GCC even though it is required:

Ah, linux. Can't profile with static linking (well, maybe you can now).
Just need to check for profiling and static linking together.

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