Re: Request for option to disable building of static library

[Sander Niemeijer]

Hi,

> > Does anybody know whether such a -no-static option for the libtool 
> > link mode is feasable?
> > Can this be implemented by just adding a -no-static option to libtool 
> > that sets the internal libtool variable 'build_old_libs' to 'no' or 
> > would such a feature require some more effort?
>
> Adding this feature would not require significant effort, just add the 
> new flag, set the var to no ought to work as you suggest. The question 
> is rather would it be accepted. If you spent some effort with your 
> makefiles adding the -dlopen flag, you would allow all static linking 
> of your software which would mean you could support many more systems.
>
> However, since you, as the author/maintainer, know what linking and 
> dynamic loading strategies you support, and given that you do not 
> support -dlopen/-dlpreopen, perhaps your -staticonly (or whatever) 
> flag is a good idea???

In our case the plug-ins are "DLM"s for IDL (available from 
www.rsinc.com), which means that the libraries will only work on 
systems for which IDL is available. Therefore we do not (need to) 
support -dlopen/-dlpreopen.

> I'd suggest you send your patch to the -patches list and see what 
> happens.

I haven't constructed one, but it looks like it won't be that hard to 
do.
I'll post it to libtool-patches as soon as I have it ready.

Thanks for your swift response!

Regards,
Sander