[X-Unix] Compiling static binaries with GCC fails?

[Brian Medley]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 10:37:52AM -0400, Alexandre Gauthier wrote:

> ...
> So, here I am, trying to compile a static binary on OS X 10.4 Tiger, x86
> (MacBook pro).
> 
> So I just invoke gcc with the -static option.
> 
>   $ gcc -static -o program program.c
> 
> The program seems to compile fine, but then, linking fails.
> 
>   /usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lcrt0.o
>   collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> ...

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