[Bug driver/10590] [sparc][solaris] "-static -shared" unsupported using solaris linker

["christopher at currie dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

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------- Additional Comments From christopher at currie dot com  2003-07-22 20:29 -------
I agree that "-shared -static" is a confusing set of flags, but the intended
goal is to 

a) Create a shared library. (hence "-shared")
b) Link in other libraries using static linkage. (hence "-static").

This is to guarantee that the shared library created doesn't depend on any
shared versions of libraries that we might need to link in. Obviously, we could
substitute "-Wl,-Bstatic" for "-static", but if that's the case, perhaps
"-shared" and "-static" should be mutually exclusive? If not, then I'd like to
see the compiler driver fixed to support the combination.

FWIW, I don't think the Solaris linker has a flag that directly allows this
combination. A solution would be to eliminate "-dn" (since "-Bstatic" is already
being supplied), but then this could be overriden with later occurences of
"-Wl,-Bdynamic" from the user. If this is the expected behavoir of "-static,"
then perhaps this needs additional documentation to state this. I know that this
is difficult given the numerous different linkers that GCC must support. Perhaps
the easiest thing to do is to drop "-static" altogether.

Thanks for your time,
Christopher