-static not working with gcc 4.3.4

[Nellis, Kenneth]

> From: Samuel Thibault
> 
> Hello,
> 
> gcc -static doesn't seem to be working any more using gcc 4.3.4:
> 
> $ cat test.c
> int main(void) {}
> $ gcc test.c -o test -static
> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lgcc_s
> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lgcc_s
> 
> There indeed is libgcc_s.dll.a in /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/, but for
> some reason gcc doesn't seem to be happy with it. This is using gcc4
> and
> gcc4-core 4.3.4-3.  gcc-3 works fine.
> 
> Samuel

Please, why such a large test case when the following would
have been perfectly adequate to demonstrate the problem?:

$ cat test.c
main() {}
$

--Ken Nellis