[Project-managers] Binary distribution

[Laszlo Ladanyi]

Just a note: I believe that if you have a shared libfoo.so then if you
explicitly list it on the link commandline instead of just saying -lfoo, then
the linker treats it as any other object file, so in effect you link
statically against that lib. Granted, probably some junk gets in the
executable as well, but static linking is achieved.

This is certainly the case on AIX.

--Laci

On Thu, 4 May 2006, Tobias Achterberg wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> if this does not create too much work, I think it would be helpful to
> also provide the libraries compiled in debug mode (-O0 -g) in order to
> allow for better debugging. And it might also be useful to provide
> static libraries, since sometimes one (at least me) likes to have
> static binaries. I know... all these requests are multiplicative (#OS
> systems * #Optimization Modes * #{static,shared} * ...), so you have
> to take care to not produce a huge mess. Probably it would suffice to
> compile the debugging libraries statically.
> 
> 
> Best, Tobias
> 
> Ted Ralphs wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > For the past several months, JP Fasano, Kipp Martin, and I have been
> > developing a process for building a standardized distribution of
> > binaries (libraries and executables) built from the source code
> > available in the COIN-OR repository. Such a binary distribution has been
> > in demand by users for quite some time and we are finally getting around
> > to providing it to them. Alpha version of our current binary
> > distributions have been posted on the COIN-OR Web site at:
> > 
> > http://www.coin-or.org/Binaries/
> > 
> > Before we announce this project to the world, we'd like to request that
> > you take a look at the distributions, try to use them, and provide us
> > with any feedback you think would help us improve what we are providing.
> > Currently, the distribution includes only a small subset of the projects
> > available in the repository, but if this initial test goes well, we will
> > be adding more projects to our build over time. Project managers who
> > wish to have their projects included in the distribution will be asked
> > to conform to certain standards that will make it easy for us to
> > automate the build and test process. More information regarding these
> > requirements will be provided in a follow-up e-mail. In the meantime,
> > please let us know if you have any feedback. Thanks for your help.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Ted
> 
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