FAQ: how to build a statically-linked gcc?

[Dan Kegel]

Jeff Sturm wrote:
> 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.

Hence my original post, which asked "How do I build a statically-linked gcc?"
- Dan