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Re: A static binary patch

> 
>    Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
>    From: hjl@varesearch.com (H.J. Lu)
> 
>    Here is a patch for glibc 2.2. It can be used to minimize the static
>    binary size together with the c_stubs addon. You can use
> 
>    Mon Aug 23 17:22:53 1999  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
> 
> 	   * Makeconfig (FILE): Define.
> 
> 	   * Rules (%.out): Run $(FILE) on the binary before running it
> 	   and don't use the dynamic linker if it is not dynamically
> 	   linked.
> 
> What is the point for these changes?  And what do they have to do with
> reducing the size of static binaries?  Please avoid becoming dependent
> on more external tools.  Using `file' is a violation of the GNU coding
> standards.
> 

My c_stubs addon has tests linked statically. When you run "make check"
in c_stubs, it will try to run it with

# ........./ld-linux.so.2 the_c_stubs_test .....

Since the_c_stubs_test is linked statically, it doesn't work. If you
can find a better way to fix it, I will appreciate it.


-- 
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)
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