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Re: Is there a way to make static executable out of ELF shared one?
- From: vda <vda at port dot imtp dot ilyichevsk dot odessa dot ua>
- To: "Andrea 'Fyre Wyzard' Bocci" <fwyzard at inwind dot it>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:11:41 -0200
- Subject: Re: Is there a way to make static executable out of ELF shared one?
- References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011211160122.02768078@popmail.inwind.it>
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 13:02, Andrea 'Fyre Wyzard' Bocci wrote:
> At 16.22 11/12/2001 (GMT -0200), vda wrote:
> >I need a bunch of static executables for linux initial ramdisk.
> >I have all needed executables but some of them require .so libs.
> >I know that static binaries can be made at compile time (ld -static)
> >but do I really need to download source for all my binaries?
> >
> >There must be a way to make static binary from shared one
>
> Silly as it may sound - can't you just put everything (binaries & .so libs)
> in the ramdisk ?
Yes I can but most shared binaries need (guess what?....) libc
which isn't exactly small :-(
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vda