[2002-10-16] Neal D. Becker wrote:

> >>>>> "David" == David Abrahams <dave@[...].com> writes:
> 
> >> Alkis Evlogimenos <alkis@[...].com> writes:
>  
>     >> If the above is correct then shouldn't runtime-link-dynamic and 
>     >> runtime-link-static be passing to gcc "-shared-libgcc" and
"-static-libgcc" 
>     >> respectively? gcc's manual says that "-static" turns on preference
to static 
>     >> libraries in general whereas "-{static,dynamic}-libgcc" only affects
libgcc 
>     >> (isn't this the C++ Runtime?).
> 
>     David> Well, I guess that's right.
> 
> AFAICT, reading the terse description in gcc info, I think gcc will
> set this option correctly automatically.  You just need -shared or
> -static.  Is this not correct?

Yes, my understanding was that specifying "-static" to GCC configures it for
maximum static linking. And that the "-static-libgcc" is there for when you
want libgcc to be static regardless.


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