Static linking with ld

[jsalter at slo.awdpa.ibm.com]

In article <9764 at adobe.UUCP> jensen at adobe.COM () writes:
>   ld  normally uses dynamic linking, when you build an
>   executable.  This is fine; you save disk space and all
>   that.  However,  I need occasionally to move my executable
>   to other machines, and (for testing purposes) I would like
>   to be able to link them  statically, so the program is self-
>   contained and moveable.
>   I have not been able to find an option (like Sun's -Bstatic)
>   which can do that for me.

Look at the -bautoimp/noautoimp and -bimport options for ld.

>Freddy Jensen
>email: jensen at adobe.com

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