[Bug other/14704] New: -static-libgcc option appears non-functional under Solaris

["stian at mail dot utexas dot edu" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

I have attempted to build several readily available open source packages (among
them zlib 1.2.1 and OpenSSL 0.9.7d) with the -static-libgcc option passed to
gcc, in order to avoid the dependency on libgcc_s.so.1 and the problems it can
cause.
GCC accepts this argument, but appears to ignore it silently, as ldd still shows
the libgcc_s dependency in any binary (be it a library or an executable) built
by gcc that had this dependency prior to supplying the -static-libgcc option.

The test machine is running Solaris 9 (SunOS 5.9), patch level 112233-08, on an
UltraSPARC IIe. The compiler used is the gcc 3.3.2 package for Solaris 9 from
http://www.sunfreeware.com/. I have not yet attempted to build gcc 3.3.3 from
source, but I can find no mention of this in the changelog. I also cannot find
an existing bug report for this.

I am not a compiler expert, so if I have left out any information vital to
reproducing this problem, please email me. I will do my best to provide any
required information, and I can also supply a login on a Solaris 9 machine for
debugging purposes.

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           Summary: -static-libgcc option appears non-functional under
                    Solaris
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.3.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: stian at mail dot utexas dot edu
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


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