Nut upsuser - May 2009 - Compiling NUT static binaries

For various reasons that will be of interest to no-one, I need to compile at
least a minimal upsmon (and hopefully upsc) as a static binary.
Unfortunately, the ./configure options that purport to do this, don't have
any effect on the resulting binary.  Either with the latest (2.4.1), or
older versions of NUT.

CFLAGS="-static" ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
--without-usb
--without-serial --without-ssl --without-wrap --with-drivers="" 
&& gmake

Above configure line works without complaint, however the binaries are
dynamically linked:

nut-2.4.1$ ldd clients/upsmon
clients/upsmon needs:
        /usr/lib/libsocket.so.2
        /usr/lib/libc.so.1

I've had no such problems creating static binaries from far more complex
bits of software (like OpenSSH) on the same system(s).

I could provide more system information, but I'm confident it won't be
helpful.  I have the same problem on several different system, with vastly
varied configurations.

I expect there's some libtool / gcc linking flag I'm ignorant of, or
neglecting to use, but extensive trial and error has not found it.
[-Xlinker] -all-static , -without-shared, -static-libtool-libs, etc. have
not had any effect on the end binary.

Any tips are welcome.
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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:21 PM, <cooleyr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I expect there's some libtool / gcc linking flag I'm ignorant of,
or
> neglecting to use, but extensive trial and error has not found it.
> [-Xlinker] -all-static , -without-shared, -static-libtool-libs, etc. have
> not had any effect on the end binary.
>
Problem solved.

The ./configure script errors-out when LDxxx="-all-static" is used,
with/without -Xlinker.   However, there's nothing actually wrong with using
the option on this or other systems... It's merely ./configure
brain-damage.

After running configure without the option, adding the -all-static option to
the LDFLAGS of each individual Makefile (in my case, just
nut-2.4.1/clients/Makefile) works perfectly.

I only hope my hours of neddless suffering helps someone.
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