Re: dynamic ELF -> static executable?

molnard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Is there a way to combinbe a dynamic ELF executable with the shared
> libraries it refers to into a static

Yes (but it's a hack, and the resulting executable is huge):
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.gcc.help/browse_frm/thread/7dd333be29171843

The last message in the thread refers to reducebind.c http link
which has "gone cold". Searching google for reducebind.c however
gives more locations, this one is currently alive:
http://bismark.extracon.it/linux/teso/filemirror/reducebind.c

> (and hence more portable) version of the executable?

The notion that static executables are more portable is a wrong
(or at least miguided) one. You may wish to read this thread on
the subject:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development.apps/browse_frm/thread/3cb7d8fbf9d82d7b

> The linux loader does something quite similar but I

The linux loader does nothing of the sort.

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