binutils test result mysteries

[Dimitry Andric]

On 2012-12-02 02:17, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> My guess is you need to run the following:
>>
>>     sudo yum install glibc-static
>>
>> Does that help? :)
>
> hrmmm .. no such thing as glibc-static but I see what you are thinking.

The failures shown in your logs seemed to be related to static linking
failures.  If you don't have /usr/lib/libc.a, all attempts at static
linking will fail.

Red Hat makes it difficult to get a static C library, for some reason.
You need to turn on the "RHEL Server Optional" category in your package
manager to even see it.