Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 14:18:27 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: "J.A. Terranson" <sysadmin@mfn.org> Cc: "'FreeBSD Questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dynamically Linked Exec's, Part II Message-ID: <3573FBA3.705F9B21@tdx.co.uk> References: <01BD8DF4.FDC0F5A0@w3svcs.mfn.org>
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J.A. Terranson wrote: > > OK. I've got myself a *long* list of dynamically linked exec's which I have > deemed unacceptable for use on the target system (public area, used a lot > by kids, other misc. problems), and I want to replace them with statically > linked versions. Obviously this is a make-world type issue. In a nutshell > is there any reason why I cant simply make-world with some kind of option > to diable dynamic linking and them plug in the resulting executables? > > TIA > J.A. Terranson > sysadmin@mfn.org Static linking can introduce a few headaches, but if you've though things through - and that's what you want to do... ;-) You might be better of going to the directories for the individual programs, and recompiling them with the '-static' flag passed to cc, rather than trying to build a 'static-world' ;-) Regards, Karl Pielorz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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