From c6a2620f5de7aeea4e9c20ff4e6d1befb4b2e935 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@onapp.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 13:26:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] add configure option to enable static linking

---
 Makefile.in  | 4 ++++
 configure.ac | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 30b0c1a..add456e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ else
 CXXLIB+=-lstdc++
 endif
 
+ifeq ("@STATIC@", "yes")
+LDFLAGS+=-static
+endif
+
 INSTALL:=@INSTALL@
 PREFIX:=@prefix@
 BINDIR:=$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1161145..0eef6ab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(static_cxx,
               STATIC_CXX=$enableval, STATIC_CXX=no)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($STATIC_CXX)
 
+################################################################################
+dnl -- Enable static linking.
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to statically link)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(static,
+              AC_HELP_STRING(--enable-static, [enable static link]),
+              STATIC=$enableval, STATIC=no)
+AC_MSG_RESULT($STATIC)
+
 ################################################################################
 dnl -- Check for getopt
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(getopt.h, AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GETOPTLONG], 1, [Define to 1 if getopt_long is available.]))
@@ -173,6 +181,7 @@ AC_SUBST(RELEASE_DATE)
 AC_SUBST(TESTING)
 AC_SUBST(THIN_PROVISIONING_TOOLS_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(STATIC_CXX)
+AC_SUBST(STATIC)
 
 ################################################################################
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