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Ileana Dumitrescu <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:34:40 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.libtool.cvs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
branch: master
commit 67b84b8122f697d5bf7276be53abd3a6d042636c
Author: Ileana Dumitrescu <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 30 18:08:05 2025 +0200

    ltmain.in: Recognise options for static linking with Clang
    
    Reported: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78072
    
    * build-aux/ltmain.in: Add --static and -Bstatic options.
    * NEWS: Update.
---
 NEWS                | 2 ++
 build-aux/ltmain.in | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b1ecc2d..0daedf1c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
   - Remove unused variable on OS/2, which could cause issues with static
     library generation if defined.
 
+  - Recognise more static linking options for Clang.
+
 ** Changes in supported systems or compilers:
 
   - Add support for SlimCC compiler.
diff --git a/build-aux/ltmain.in b/build-aux/ltmain.in
index 68593972..d58b232b 100644
--- a/build-aux/ltmain.in
+++ b/build-aux/ltmain.in
@@ -4910,7 +4910,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
 	build_old_libs=no
 	break
 	;;
-      -all-static | -static | -static-libtool-libs)
+      -all-static | -static | -static-libtool-libs | --static | -Bstatic)
 	case $arg in
 	-all-static)
 	  if test yes = "$build_libtool_libs" && test -z "$link_static_flag"; then
@@ -4927,7 +4927,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
 	  fi
 	  prefer_static_libs=built
 	  ;;
-	-static-libtool-libs)
+	-static-libtool-libs | --static | -Bstatic)
 	  if test -z "$pic_flag" && test -n "$link_static_flag"; then
 	    dlopen_self=$dlopen_self_static
 	  fi