[ale] Building CPAN modules

[Christopher Fowler]

I want the modules to statically link agains any libraries it is using.

On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 23:04, Fletch wrote:
> >>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> writes:
> 
>     Christopher> Is there any way to force the building of modules to
>     Christopher> be static instead of dynamic?
> 
> Erm, depends on what you mean by making the module static.  I presume
> you mean you want it to statically link against any libraries it uses,
> which should just be a matter of shiming in -Bstatic into the right
> place in the link command.  If you mean you want to build a new perl
> binary with the module linked in statically you want to add
> LINKTYPE=static.
> 
> 
> In either case, perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker probably will get you
> further on the way.