Re: make puzzle

[Ralph Lange via Core-talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 18:50, Johnson, Andrew N. via Core-talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:

On Nov 8, 2020, at 12:29 PM, Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver at gmail.com> wrote:

(imo, the example of non-PIC assembly is a bit of a reach these days)

Probably true, that was just the first reason that came to mind; there are others for why one might want to avoid building a shared library.

Locally (not installation-global) I have been playing with this in two places:

- when creating GoogleTest based executables, where - at least for a long time - it was suggested to link the GoogleTest code statically.

- when creating a (shared) library for a Device Support that should contain its low level driver library, i.e., link it statically.

Cheers,
~Ralph