PR 10380

        * README: Document use of LDFLAGS="--static".

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 58f8bc8a54..91ea69cfe5 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-07-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 10380
+	* README: Document use of LDFLAGS="--static".
+
 2009-07-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
diff --git a/binutils/README b/binutils/README
index 5bc2508b39..fc474a5410 100644
--- a/binutils/README
+++ b/binutils/README
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ On 32-bit hosts though, this support will be restricted to 32-bit
 target unless the --enable-64-bit-bfd option is also used:
 
 	./configure --enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-targets=all
-	
+
 You can also specify the --enable-shared option when you run
 configure.  This will build the BFD and opcodes libraries as shared
 libraries.  You can use arguments with the --enable-shared option to
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ binaries, you may have to set an environment variable, normally
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so that the system can find the installed libbfd
 shared library.
 
+On hosts that support shared system libraries the binutils will be
+linked against them.  If you have static versions of the system
+libraries installed as well and you wish to create static binaries
+instead then use the LDFLAGS environment variable,  like this:
+
+  ../binutils-XXX/configure LDFLAGS="--static" [more options]
+
+Note: the two dashes are important.  The binutils make use of the
+libtool script which has a special interpretation of "-static" when it
+is in the LDFLAGS environment variable.
+
 To build under openVMS/AXP, see the file makefile.vms in the top level
 directory.