(resending to include the list)

This setting works for me with OCamlMakefile:

LDFLAGS = -Wl,-Bstatic

On Nov 28, 2007 4:06 PM, Eric Merritt <cyberlync@gmail.com> wrote:

> Everyone,
>
>  I have spent quite a bit of time digging around for this on the net
> with now luck. We have a pretty simple ocaml app for which we would
> like to distribute an executable binary. For the most part this works.
> However, we would like to minimize the number of binaries that we are
> forced to distribute. We would also like to avoid any confusion on the
> part of our users around figuring out which version of glibc they are
> using. For example, we would like to avoid distributing a binary for
> each version of glibc available. Its more work for us and has a chance
> of confusing some of the folks using our work. Considering the
> simplicity of our binary it seems like a good solution would be to be
> to just statically link against glibc (our only non-ocaml dependency).
> So it would be great if someone could give me pointers to docs that
> describe how to do this. Extra points if I can easily do this with
> OCamlMakefile.  If there is another way to accomplish our goals I am
> more then willing to entertain them, as there are a lot of potential
> problems involved with static linking against glibc.
>
> Thanks,
>  Eric
>
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