[rancid] Re: Build Rancid Statically?

[john heasley]

Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 10:10:43AM -0700, Scott Stoddard:
> Hi all,  sorry if this is a dumb question but is there any way to build
> rancid statically? It?s a dependency nightmare on my Centos 3.6 system to
> get the required libraries upgraded. I?ve looked around for statically
> linked binaries on the web without any luck :-( ? thanks!

There is but one binary in rancid, ATM.  gcc -static should build (or link)
with static libraries - assuming your system has them.  The royal PITA is
libgcc, which -static-libgcc remedies, same caveat.