-static

[Donald Bruce Stewart]

wolfgang.thaller:
> 
> On 09.03.2004, at 15:53, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 01:04:59AM +0100, Wolfgang Thaller wrote:
> >>
> >>So I assume this is on powerpc-linux?
> >
> >Yup, sorry (and the others are all Linux too).
> 
> Ah yes, that -static flag was lurking there from the old AIX port. It's 
> definitely OK to remove it. I've just done so in the CVS HEAD.
> 
> According to the source, alpha, hppa and mips also pass the -static 
> flag to the linker. I've done nothing about that yet, as I have no idea 
> why they do so.

I'll check this on mips64, when I get time. But I don't think it still
passes -static. This may be a relic of some ancient mips.

-- Don