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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 10 May 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > ldd naim - no such file or directory (which I think means it uses some
> > dynamic library not on my path).
I meant, this probably indicates that it wants the uclibc glibc, or that 
it was compiled dynamically.

> strings naim | grep "/ld-" | head -n 1
>
> This will show you which library it is looking for but could not find
> (hence "no such file or directory").
>
> > Could people use the dynamic version by simply copying over all the
> > libraries from /uclibc/lib to /lib?  864K.
>
> They would need to upgrade their kernels too. I think it's a little
> too complicated for someone who just wants to install and run naim.

What kernel do you need to use uclibc dynamically, 2.4.31?  I think I 
could use my busybox with your 1-floppy linux.

> > Then the uclibc programs could
> > all be compiled dynamically (mplayer,
>
> Maybe. Static uClibc mplayer does not work properly (remember how it
> would not play any audio?) but that could be due to it being static.
>
> > busybox,
>
> It's nice to be able to remove all libraries and still have a working system.
>
> > > again the last visible gcc command that make executes (but with
> > > "-static" appended)? If not, that's OK - I am finished with my Debian
> > > experiment and will probably have my uClibc root working again by
> > > tomorrow.
>
> I finally built, tested, (on 3.40) and uploaded it. James, please test
> the new AIM code and report if it works or not.

Well, at least I did James the favor of getting the ball rolling.  I think 
James will enjoy testing this out tomorrow evening (after an important 
event during the daytime which he can tell us about himself if he wants).

> http://us.share.geocities.com/davidjmoberg/naim.tgz
>
> > I tried but it is a 3-line command and it could not find naimS.
> >
> > gcc -g -O2 naim ./libs/naimS.o ( and a long list of other files in .o all
> > in ./src) -Wl, --export-dynamic ../libfiretalk/libfiretalk.a (and two
> > others in .a) -lncurses "-static"  (I added the static).
> >
> > Gcc may have deleted temporary files (there is a switch not to do that for
> > gcc).  naimS.o is not there, the others are.
>
> make deleted it. I worked around this by wrapping gcc with a shell
> script to force static compiling (see previous message).

Is there any way to just make a single program compile statically instead 
of writing shell scripts to compile them all statically?

There is a way to tell make (or gcc) not to delete temporary files.

Sindi