[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #33794] --enable-static should be removed

[David Flater]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33794>

                 Summary: --enable-static should be removed
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: dflater
            Submitted on: Mon 18 Jul 2011 04:57:19 PM GMT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Build Failure
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: David Flater
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.4.2
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

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.





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