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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>
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Subject: Re: [newbie] library dependencies
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Zouplaz <pouet@pouet.com> writes:

> Hi here, just another simple question : with gnat under win32 or linux is 
> it possible to compile an application that doesn't rely on any shared 
> libraries ? (statically linked I presume) 
> 
> What I want is an app that could be copied directly from a system (same 
> platform of course) to another..

On GNU/Linux, this is definitely possible.  Just pass -static to
gnatbind, e.g.

gnatmake my_app -bargs -static -largs /usr/lib/libmy_library.a

Usually, the static libraries /usr/lib/lib*.a contain debugging
symbols; you may want to strip them off like this:

strip my_app

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.