-static

[Simon Marlow]

> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:07:07AM -0000, Simon Marlow wrote:
> >  
> > > It causes this when compiling darcs on these arches:
> > > 
> > > /usr/lib/ghc-6.2/libHSunix.a(User.o)(.text+0x2a2c): In 
> > > function `s6T9_ret':
> > > : warning: Using 'getgrgid_r' in statically linked 
> > > applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from 
> > > the glibc version used for linking
> > > 
> > > which I assume would lead to too strict dependencies on 
> glibc being
> > > necessary.
> > 
> > What platform?  Does everything work if you remove the -static?
> 
> alpha, powerpc and hppa so far. I expect the same will happen for mips
> and mipsel.
> 
> If, on powerpc, I run the final link command without -static 
> (that's the
> only place it should make a difference, right?) then it links without
> warnings and looks to be working fine. I haven't looked at the others
> yet.

Wolfgang: can -static be removed on powerpc as far as you know?

Cheers,
	Simon