binutils test result mysteries

[Dennis Clarke]

> 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.

Seems like plus and minus all over the place when I make a distro choice. 
Normally I'm a debian lover but the RHEL6 product "seemed" like a better
way to go simply for their support packages. 

Probably a good choice if one chooses to never compile anything and you 
just want to run VMware or something similar. 

ah well ... this will be a long night of hacking then. Thank you for the pointers 
in the right directions. 

dc