Hi,

> ------- Originalnachricht -------
> Von: Gerald Leier <gerald.leier AT lixto DOT com>
> An: Thomas <thomas AT ic3s DOT de>
> Gesendet: 15.6.09, 15.31
> Betreff: Re: [Bacula-users] failing to build a statically linked 
> bacula-fd(3.0.1)
> 
> hi,
> 
> On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 14:52 +0200, Thomas wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > my first try was:
> > 
> > ./configure --enable-static-fd --enable-client-only
> > 
> > configure-output
> >   Statically Linked FD:    yes
> > 
> > make
> > .....
> > Linking bacula-fd ...
> > /home/thomas/bacula-3.0.1/libtool --silent --tag=CXX --mode=link 
> > /usr/lib/ccache/g++   -L../lib
> > -L../findlib
> > ......
> > 
> > and the result was a dynamically linked bacula-fd.
> > 
> 
> contrary to some documentation out there in the wild i think
> it may not be possible to statically build bacula-fd at all!

Well, ...

> just read something about the impossibility to use "dlopen" with a
> statically linked libstdc++.so.6 & libgcc_s.so.1.
> ( http://www.trilithium.com/johan/2005/06/static-libstdc/ )

That's one reason. As far as I know, there a others like some libraries that 
Bacula needs only being available as dynamically shared objects.

> can someone please verify that "static" bacula-fd builds are impossible?

At least under current linux systems - other OSes and older versions of linux / 
glibc / etc. allow static builds.

> its not that big of a problem to not use a statically built bacula-fd.
> 
> the only benefit for me would be that i have to put less files on
> my rescue filesystem.

Given that most rescue systems require a load of dsos already, it's not that 
bad, I think.

Arno

> thanks
> gerald
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Arno Lehmann
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