FAQ: how to build a statically-linked gcc?

[Jeff Sturm]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> Hmm - We should perhaps discuss what the --enable/disable-shared/static
> switches are supposed to do......:) Should they affect the 'target' (the
> bins gcc will generate) or the 'host' (the resultung gcc/g++)?

I haven't read much of this thread, but I'm a bit surprised that
anyone expects --disable-shared to do other than what is documented, i.e.

gcc:
  --disable-shared        don't provide a shared libgcc
libstdc++-v3:
  --enable-shared=PKGS  build shared libraries default=yes
libjava:
  --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=yes]
libf2c:
  --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=yes]
libobjc:
  --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=no]

None of this suggests that any behavior resembling the `-static' compiler
switch is intended.

Jeff