Static libfdk-aac

[svnpenn]

Normally I can build fdk-aac like this

./configure \

--host i686-w64-mingw32 \
--prefix /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw \
--disable-shared

make install

and then build FFmpeg no problem. However I have noticed that if you choose to
build shared, it creates

libfdk-aac-0.dll
libfdk-aac.dll.a

From then on you cannot create an FFmpeg static build with any combination of
configure flags, until you delete these files. Is this by design or some error?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

(Duplicate of ticket #1968)

Replying to svnpenn:

From then on you cannot create an FFmpeg static build with any combination of
configure flags, until you delete these files.

Did you test --extra-ldflags=-static ?

Is this by design or some error?

It is the design of your toolchain (actually every toolchain I know) that it uses dynamic libraries if they are present and nothing else is specified.

[svnpenn]

Carl, thanks for this. I was sleep deprived and forgot about this fun fact!