[syslinux] Compiling extlinux statically

[Gene Cumm]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Adam Baxter via Syslinux
> <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to build extlinux statically, but no matter what CFLAGS or
>> OPTFLAGS I set in the Makefiles I get bios/extlinux/extlinux: ELF 64-bit
>> LSB  executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared
>> libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.24,
>> BuildID[sha1]=ef970f59a48b226b2397b73a56e02a73b79c5f0a, not stripped
>>
>>
>> I have tried adding OPTFLAGS= -static to the extlinux/Makefile as well as
>> linux/Makefile but I'm obviously missing something.
>>
>> What flags do I need, and where?
>
> diff --git a/extlinux/Makefile b/extlinux/Makefile
> index 02d1db5..aac8208 100644
> --- a/extlinux/Makefile
> +++ b/extlinux/Makefile
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ spotless: clean
>  installer: extlinux
>
>  extlinux: $(OBJS)
> -       $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
> +       $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -static
>
>  strip:
>         $(STRIP) extlinux

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diff --git a/extlinux/Makefile b/extlinux/Makefile
index 02d1db5..aac8208 100644
--- a/extlinux/Makefile
+++ b/extlinux/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ spotless: clean
 installer: extlinux

 extlinux: $(OBJS)
-    $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+    $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -static

 strip:
     $(STRIP) extlinux

> $ ldd bios/extlinux/extlinux
>         not a dynamic executable
>
> --
> -Gene

-- 
-Gene