-static and dmd

[Ali Çehreli]

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