Solaris

I'm trying to compile firefox with static linked libs, but when I done with the compile, there are still a bunch of dependencies on .so files where in that same directory .la or .a files were.

I'm using sunstudio12, and following the directions from firefox..

i.e. Solaris Build Prerequisites - MDC


and..

my mozconfig is:

. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/ff-opt-static
ac_add_options --enable-optimize
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-static
ac_add_options --disable-shared
ac_add_options --disable-libxul
ac_add_options --disable-tests


I've posted questions in the mozilla forums, but haven't gotten anyone to bite.

I need somone who knows how SunStudio, and static compiles works a whole heckava lot better than I.

Thanks!



But when I'm done, I still have a bunch of libs that didn't link staticly, or atleast that's what ldd says when I run it against firefox-bin.. :-(

I've gotten this work with gcc, and LD paths etc... but Mozilla's site actually recomends SunStudio, and when I try with gcc, it fails all the time with ld flag problems that I can't appear to resolve.

Actually, you are fighting a losing battle.

SunStudio will no longer produce static binaries, in fact as of Solaris 10 there are none in the OS. The only way you can do this is with a third party compiler ( as you have already done with gcc )

Is this the case for ANY lib? or just sun libs? i.e I don't care if many of the libs are dynamicly linked that are pretty standard to a sun box. But I've installed a bunch of sunfreeware libs on this box, and it uses those, and those have .a and .la files... So can I get sunstudio to compile just those ?

the flags are still there in the cc -flags? i.e. -Bstatic? but when I try it.. it does give me grief?

IF not.... has anyone had any luck in gcc to compile firefox for Sun???