I am trying to make a static build of Qt (version 5.4.1) with OpenSSL support. I configured it as follows: configure -opensource -release -c++11 -static -platform win32-msvc2013 -openssl-linked -...

In fact, -static gcc flag on Linux doesn't work now. Let me cite from the GNU libc FAQ: 2.22. Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries which is not acceptable for me. What ca...

I'm trying to understand the correct way, or right approach, to provide a reasonably large C++ API for a non-open source project. I do not want to provide a "header only" library as the code base i...

I have around 26 static libraries such as liba.a, libb.a, libc.a, ..., libz.a. There are two catches here: 1) circular dependencies between for example liba.a and libb.a; 2) some lib*.a has stati...

I am trying to initialize a static object in a C++ file which is trying to auto register a class to a factory in its constructor (like any standard auto-registration problem). The problem is, this ...

I need to make a cross-compiled OpenSSL for a MIPS device. I've tried following the documentation. Set OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS to true and set target_link_libraries to the library files you need. ...

I'm experimenting with the concept of pure-static-linked PIE executables on Linux, but running into the problem that the GNU binutils linker insists on adding a PT_INTERP header to the output binar...

I'm trying to build an OpenCV-based project using CMake, running on Linux. So far my CMakeLists.txt files looks something like FIND_PACKAGE (OpenCV REQUIRED) ... TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (my-executab...

Testing something else I stumbled across something that I haven't managed to figure out yet. Let's look at this snippet: #include <iostream> #include <chrono> int main () { int i = ...

Is there any way to statically link the generated .exe file from MSYS2 gcc? I tried many ways, but none of them worked. All generated .exe files require msys-2.0.dll, which I want to get rid of. So...

I'm writing a program in Crystal, that I intend to compile and move to other systems for execution. Ideally, it should have no dependencies, as the target systems will be fresh installations of lin...

When using external libraries, you often have to decide whether you use the static or the dynamic version of the library. Typically, you can not exchange them: If the library is build as dynamic li...

I would like to compile NRPE static, so I can copy the compiled binary to an OmniOS server, where I don't want gcc to be installed on. I would prefer to install NRPE with SSl support from a reposit...

When I use GCC, I can build program on my Ubuntu 15.04 using this: -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ And compiled binary can run on "stock" Ubuntu 14.04 without any external packages, only standa...

I am working on a C library which compiles/links to a .a file that users can statically link into their code. The library's performance is very important, so I am writing performance-critical routi...

I have a requirement that I link all my libraries statically including libstdc++, libc, pthread etc. There is one omniorb library which I want to link dynamically. Currently I have dynamically lin...

I am developing a native node module for AWS lambda. This node module needed json-c As per AWS lambda guidelines the node module should not have dynamic dependencies. So tried linking the static ...

I'm using a C++ library that can be built as either a shared or a static library. This library uses a factory technique, where static objects register themselves when the program starts and the sta...

I have built glibc 2.14 and installed it in directory ~/GLIBC/glibc_install. Now I want to build and run programs using this C library instead of my system's default C library. To be sure that I...

I have a static library file called libunp.a, I do know I could use gcc -lunp xx to link to the library. I could use #pragma comment(lib,"xxx.lib") to tell the Microsoft C/C++ compiler to include ...

Edit: Found a solution but can't accept my own answer yet. I am having some trouble statically linking a library to my program. I am cross-compiling from Linux to Windows using the MinGW toolchain...

How can I pass an argument to ranlib when compiling a static library with CMake? I tried: set_target_properties(myLibrary STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS "--plugin /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/liblto_p...

I'm trying to link a Rust program with libsoundio. I'm using Windows and there's a GCC binary download available. I can link it like this if I put it in the same folder as my project: #[link(name ...

I am debugging static multi-threaded x86-64 C++ application on Linux. I can set breakpoints on functions and stop on them and I can walk step by step over function body. But when I try to step int...

I'm trying to get SCons to make a shared library. One of the items going into the .so is a .a static lib. I have a line like: env_2.SharedLibrary('libstuff.so', \ Split("""stuff.cxx mylib/libMin...