Re: Static linking

[Markus Schoepflin <nospam@no.spam>]

Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> Markus Schoepflin wrote on comp.lang.ada:

[...]

>> Looking at the manual for the binder I'm told: '-static Link against a
>> static GNAT run time.'. OK, so this works as advertised, no dynamic GNAT
>> runtime used.
>>
>> Now what is the correct way to created a static executable? This seems to
>> work, but is it correct?
> 
> libc6 does not exist as a static library anymore; on GNU/Linux there
> is no way to create a completely static executable; you have to link
> against (at least) libc.so.6 dynamically.  So, the executable you
> obtain with -bargs -static is as static as you can get :)

Now I'm really confused. The command just below your answer in my original 
mail works and gives me a static executable:

>>  > touch foo.adb && gnatmake foo -bargs -static -largs -static
>> gcc-4.4 -c foo.adb
>> gnatbind -static -x foo.ali
>> gnatlink foo.ali -static
>>  > ldd foo
>>         not a dynamic executable
>>

[...]

Markus