Re: How to build static, and with gprof enabled

John Hinsdale wrote:
> Hi I'm trying to build a Mozilla 0.9.9 under Linux from
> the source with two things different from the default:
> 
>  - I would like to enable compiling of everything for
>    use with the GNU profiler, gprof (i.e., I want to
>    compile with the "-pg" flag)

Either pass the flags into --enable-optimize or set CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS in 
your .mozconfig file.

>  - I would like a static build as this makes things a
>    bit better w/ gprof.

We don't support doing a fully static build (don't ask).  The options 
that you want are --disable-shared --enable-static.

See the build configurator page for the different build options. 
http://webtools.mozilla.org/build/config.cgi

- cls