From: "rcoder@..." <rcoder@...>
Date: 2004-09-30T03:00:11+09:00
Subject: Purely static build of Ruby

I'm trying to find out whether it's possible to build a completely
static Ruby binary under Linux. Basically, I'm trying to support IA-32
and Itanium systems with a single binary, and since IA-32 shared
objects can't be loaded by GNU ld on Itanium, I'm hoping that a static
binary could be a fix.

Has anyone managed to build a static Ruby binary with, at minimum, the
OpenSSL library included? I can get most of the way through the build
using the normal Ruby build infrastructure, but I keep getting
undefined reference errors for 'krb5_*' symbols. I'm sure I can force
the inclusion of the proper Kerberos libs, but before I bang my head
against this all day, I'd like to see what if any luck the veterans
around here have had with purely-static Ruby builds.
Thanks,

Lennon
rcoder.net