From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 20 02:08:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA24545 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 May 1997 02:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.telstra.com.au (mail.telstra.com.au [192.148.160.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA24538 for ; Tue, 20 May 1997 02:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.telstra.com.au (8.8.2/8.6.9) id TAA27353 for ; Tue, 20 May 1997 19:08:08 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail_gw.fwall.telecom.com.au(192.148.147.10) by mail via smap (V1.3) id sma027330; Tue May 20 19:08:04 1997 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail_gw.fwall.telecom.com.au (8.8.2/8.6.9) id TAA02737 for ; Tue, 20 May 1997 19:08:00 +1000 (EST) Received: from cdn_mail.dn.itg.telecom.com.au(144.135.109.134) by mail-gw.fwall.telstra.com.au via smap (V1.3) id sma002717; Tue May 20 19:07:37 1997 Received: from io.telecom.com.au (io.telecom.com.au [172.57.9.32]) by cdn-mail.telecom.com.au (8.8.2/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA22937 for ; Tue, 20 May 1997 19:07:40 +1000 (EST) Received: (from tdwyer@localhost) by io.telecom.com.au (8.8.3/8.8.3) id RAA05711; Tue, 20 May 1997 17:06:42 +0800 (WST) Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 17:06:41 +0800 (WST) From: Terry Dwyer 61 8 9491 5161 To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Static linking of Motif libraries: how? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've been in contact with a commercial supplier of a backup package for FreeBSD who only supplies the binaries dynamically linked to the Motif libs. He's generously offered to compile the package statically linked for me to evaluate before purchase if I will tell him what switches should be used. I intend to ask if he will make this available for general distribution as the linux package is already built both statically and dynamically linked. When I asked why the FreeBSD binary is not statically linked as is the linux binary, his answer is the standard: "Unfortunately I sell so few copies for FreeBSD that its not really worth the trouble" I am assuming that most FreeBSD users do not have the Motif package, as it is now priced at US$190, which is more than pocket money for most people. The issue here is that the standard and any X libs need not be linked statically, only the Motif libs. I know the -static switch to gcc will cause the package to be linked statically, but how should the Motif libs _only_ be linked statically. If anyone is prepared to help me out on this, it may lead to another commercial app with widespread appeal for the FreeBSD community. If you're interested, please take this to private mail and reply directly to me. I case anyone is interested, the package is PerfectBackup. It's built for FreeBSD 2.2+ and priced at US$99 which seems quite reasonable to me. You can download the dynamically linked binary and the postscript manual from: http://home.xl.ca/perfectBackup Disclaimer: I have no interest in this company or package except to evaluate and purchase it for myself if it meets my requirements. _-_|\ Terry Dwyer E-Mail: tdwyer@io.telecom.com.au / \ System Administrator Phone: +61 8 9491 5161 Fax: +61 8 9221 2631 *_.^\_/ Telstra Corporation v Perth Western Australia (I do not speak for Telstra or Telecom)