bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #33794, --enable-static should be removed

 
 

bug #33794: --enable-static should be removed

Submitter:  David Flater <dflater>
Submitted:  Mon 18 Jul 2011 04:57:19 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Configuration and Build System Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Build Failure
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  David Flater Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 3.4.2 Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Fri 26 Aug 2011 08:13:16 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I've checked in a change so that --enable-static can work again, though it may not do exactly what you think it should:

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/edc5ec6e949b

Since this changeset allows me to build Octave with various combinations of --(en|dis)able-shared, --(en|dis)able-static, and --(en|dis)able-dl, I'm closing this report.

Please also see the following:

https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2011-August/024622.html

John W. Eaton <jwe>
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Mon 18 Jul 2011 04:57:19 PM UTC, original submission:  

In bug #33139, Rik wrote:  "Octave used to be compilable as a static binary, but it is never done this way anymore.  The Makefile contains ancient code for attempting to build the static version, but another user reported that it doesn't work either.  No developer I know is working on getting a static build to work."

I suggest that the configure options --enable-static, --enable-shared, and possibly --enable-dl should be removed, and the documentation updated accordingly, so that there are not configure options that do nothing except break the build.

David Flater <dflater>

 

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