PB Linux compiles with static library?

SkyManager · Post by **SkyManager** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:56 am

I just want to know if PB (Linux version) can be compiled and linked with a static library or not

So that, it can be self-contained and deployed without separate C library.

Post by **freak** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:16 pm

Do you want to compile you PB code into a static library?
Or do you want to link another static library with your PB project ?

The first is not possible, the second can be done with the Import and ImportC Keywords
just like on Windows.

SmartFish975 · Post by **SmartFish975** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:09 pm

I want my application to be delpoyed without the library such as libc++?????.

If all the depending libraries are statically linked with my application, of course it will be bigger but it will save a lot of time for the users to install the required depending libraries.

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:44 am

If you static compile something like libc++ into your application your application si then governed by the LGPL just like the lib.

Not to mention the executable is huge

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:32 pm

Sorry that's wrong, linking LGPL code into an application doesn't change it's licence and if legal for closed source applications, only when the library is licenced under the GPL and not the LGPL linking with closed soucre software is illegal, it doesn't matter if linked dynamically or static though.

SkyManager · Post by **SkyManager** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:57 pm

Yes, linking a static library should be OK without violation any rights because I can do it with C/C++.

But, is it possible for PB

Can I use PB to generate a object file and link with the static library