• Jonathan M Davis (17/17) Mar 28 2010 With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link
• Mike Parker (2/24) Mar 28 2010 Did you try passing -L-static to DMD?
• Jonathan M Davis (7/33) Mar 28 2010 Ah, thanks. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on my system at the moment. I...
• Jonathan M Davis (6/46) Mar 29 2010 Well, it's not an arch linux issue. My OpenSuSE box has the same problem...
• Robert Clipsham (3/20) Mar 28 2010 I don't think dmd offers a way to do this by default, your best bet
• Robert Clipsham (3/5) Mar 28 2010 I just saw Mike's reply, I notice I misread your question, sorry. I'd
• =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= (9/31) Mar 29 2010 A friend hit the same problem recently and I was able to achieve it by
• Jonathan M Davis (5/44) Mar 29 2010 Thanks! That seems to have done the trick. It's a pity that it doesn't

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmail.com> writes:

With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link 
everything. Normally, with dmd (on linux at least), it dynamically links all 
of the C/C++ libraries that it uses. So, if I run ldd (well, ldd32 
technically) on one of my programs I get:

        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7794000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7756000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7730000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75ea000)
        /lib32/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7795000)

If it were gcc and -static had been used, you'd get

        not a dynamic executable

I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of -static with dmd so that my dmd-
generated binaries don't have to link against any of the C/C++ libraries on 
my system. Is there a way to do that? I can't see any. Certainly, none of 
dmd's options appear to give that kind of functionality. So, if there is a 
way to do it, I'd like to know how. Does anyone here know how?

- Jonathan M Davis

Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link 
 everything. Normally, with dmd (on linux at least), it dynamically links all 
 of the C/C++ libraries that it uses. So, if I run ldd (well, ldd32 
 technically) on one of my programs I get:
 
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7794000)
         libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7756000)
         libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7730000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75ea000)
         /lib32/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7795000)
 
 If it were gcc and -static had been used, you'd get
 
         not a dynamic executable
 
 I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of -static with dmd so that my dmd-
 generated binaries don't have to link against any of the C/C++ libraries on 
 my system. Is there a way to do that? I can't see any. Certainly, none of 
 dmd's options appear to give that kind of functionality. So, if there is a 
 way to do it, I'd like to know how. Does anyone here know how?
 
 - Jonathan M Davis

Did you try passing -L-static to DMD?

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmail.com> writes:

Mike Parker wrote:

 Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link
 everything. Normally, with dmd (on linux at least), it dynamically links
 all of the C/C++ libraries that it uses. So, if I run ldd (well, ldd32
 technically) on one of my programs I get:
 
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7794000)
         libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7756000)
         libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7730000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75ea000)
         /lib32/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7795000)
 
 If it were gcc and -static had been used, you'd get
 
         not a dynamic executable
 
 I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of -static with dmd so that my
 dmd- generated binaries don't have to link against any of the C/C++
 libraries on my system. Is there a way to do that? I can't see any.
 Certainly, none of dmd's options appear to give that kind of
 functionality. So, if there is a way to do it, I'd like to know how. Does
 anyone here know how?
 
 - Jonathan M Davis

 
 Did you try passing -L-static to DMD?

Ah, thanks. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on my system at the moment. I get

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s

However, that's probably more of an issue with my system missing stuff than 
there being a problem with dmd. It probably has to do with how horrid arch 
linux is with multilib. Still, it looks like I'm closer than I was. Thanks.

- Jonathan M Davis

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmail.com> writes:

Jonathan M Davis wrote:

 Mike Parker wrote:
 
 Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link
 everything. Normally, with dmd (on linux at least), it dynamically links
 all of the C/C++ libraries that it uses. So, if I run ldd (well, ldd32
 technically) on one of my programs I get:
 
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7794000)
         libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7756000)
         libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7730000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75ea000)
         /lib32/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7795000)
 
 If it were gcc and -static had been used, you'd get
 
         not a dynamic executable
 
 I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of -static with dmd so that my
 dmd- generated binaries don't have to link against any of the C/C++
 libraries on my system. Is there a way to do that? I can't see any.
 Certainly, none of dmd's options appear to give that kind of
 functionality. So, if there is a way to do it, I'd like to know how.
 Does anyone here know how?
 
 - Jonathan M Davis

 
 Did you try passing -L-static to DMD?

 
 Ah, thanks. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on my system at the moment. I
 get
 
 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
 
 However, that's probably more of an issue with my system missing stuff
 than there being a problem with dmd. It probably has to do with how horrid
 arch linux is with multilib. Still, it looks like I'm closer than I was.
 Thanks.
 
 - Jonathan M Davis

Well, it's not an arch linux issue. My OpenSuSE box has the same problem. 
It's like it's looking for gcc_s.a, but there's only a gcc_s.so. C++ 
programs don't have this problem, though (at least none that I've tried), so 
I don't know what D's doing which messes it up.

- Jonathan M Davis

Robert Clipsham <robert octarineparrot.com> writes:

On 28/03/10 10:28, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link
 everything. Normally, with dmd (on linux at least), it dynamically links all
 of the C/C++ libraries that it uses. So, if I run ldd (well, ldd32
 technically) on one of my programs I get:

          linux-gate.so.1 =>   (0xf7794000)
          libpthread.so.0 =>  /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7756000)
          libm.so.6 =>  /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7730000)
          libc.so.6 =>  /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75ea000)
          /lib32/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7795000)

 If it were gcc and -static had been used, you'd get

          not a dynamic executable

 I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of -static with dmd so that my dmd-
 generated binaries don't have to link against any of the C/C++ libraries on
 my system. Is there a way to do that? I can't see any. Certainly, none of
 dmd's options appear to give that kind of functionality. So, if there is a
 way to do it, I'd like to know how. Does anyone here know how?

 - Jonathan M Davis

I don't think dmd offers a way to do this by default, your best bet 
would be to add -static to the makefile and see how it goes.

Robert Clipsham <robert octarineparrot.com> writes:

On 28/03/10 12:35, Robert Clipsham wrote:
 I don't think dmd offers a way to do this by default, your best bet
 would be to add -static to the makefile and see how it goes.

I just saw Mike's reply, I notice I misread your question, sorry. I'd 
also try what he said, -L-static should do it.

=?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link 
 everything. Normally, with dmd (on linux at least), it dynamically links all 
 of the C/C++ libraries that it uses. So, if I run ldd (well, ldd32 
 technically) on one of my programs I get:
 
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7794000)
         libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7756000)
         libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7730000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75ea000)
         /lib32/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7795000)
 
 If it were gcc and -static had been used, you'd get
 
         not a dynamic executable
 
 I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of -static with dmd so that my dmd-
 generated binaries don't have to link against any of the C/C++ libraries on 
 my system. Is there a way to do that? I can't see any. Certainly, none of 
 dmd's options appear to give that kind of functionality. So, if there is a 
 way to do it, I'd like to know how. Does anyone here know how?
 
 - Jonathan M Davis

A friend hit the same problem recently and I was able to achieve it by 
performing the linking step with gcc.

1) Compile with dmd:

   dmd -c deneme.d -ofdeneme.o

2) Link with gcc:

   gcc deneme.o -static -o deneme ~/dmd/linux/lib/libphobos2.a -lpthread

Worked with my simple test application.

Ali

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmail.com> writes:

Ali Çehreli wrote:

 Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 With gcc, you can pass it the -static flag and it will statically link
 everything. Normally, with dmd (on linux at least), it dynamically links
 all of the C/C++ libraries that it uses. So, if I run ldd (well, ldd32
 technically) on one of my programs I get:
 
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7794000)
         libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7756000)
         libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7730000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75ea000)
         /lib32/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7795000)
 
 If it were gcc and -static had been used, you'd get
 
         not a dynamic executable
 
 I'd like to be able to do the equivalent of -static with dmd so that my
 dmd- generated binaries don't have to link against any of the C/C++
 libraries on my system. Is there a way to do that? I can't see any.
 Certainly, none of dmd's options appear to give that kind of
 functionality. So, if there is a way to do it, I'd like to know how. Does
 anyone here know how?
 
 - Jonathan M Davis

 
 A friend hit the same problem recently and I was able to achieve it by
 performing the linking step with gcc.
 
 1) Compile with dmd:
 
    dmd -c deneme.d -ofdeneme.o
 
 2) Link with gcc:
 
    gcc deneme.o -static -o deneme ~/dmd/linux/lib/libphobos2.a -lpthread
 
 Worked with my simple test application.
 
 Ali


Thanks! That seems to have done the trick. It's a pity that it doesn't 
appear to be doable with dmd directly though. I should probably create an 
issue for it on the bug tracker.

- Jonathan M Davis