--- parted-1.4.16/configure.in.partstatic	Fri Aug 17 14:40:38 2001
+++ parted-1.4.16/configure.in	Fri Aug 17 14:51:48 2001
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@
 	PARTED_LDFLAGS=-all-static
 	enable_static=yes
 fi
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(part-static,
+	[  --enable-part-static     build partially static binaries [default=no]], ,
+	enable_part_static=no
+)
+if test x$enable_part_static = xyes; then
+	PARTED_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-lc,-static -static"
+	enable_static=yes
+fi
 AC_SUBST(PARTED_LDFLAGS)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(pc98,