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

 
 

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

Submitted by:  David Flater <dflater>
Submitted on:  Mon 18 Jul 2011 04:57:19 PM UTC  
 
Category: Configuration and Build SystemSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Build Failure
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: David FlaterOpen/Closed: Closed
Release: 3.4.2Operating System: GNU/Linux

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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>
Project Administrator
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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