gac: remove support for static linking

This has virtually no use case anymore since dynamic linking is supported
everywhere. At the same time it is an impediment for `make install` support.
So it just doesn't seem worth the effort to preserve it.

Makefile.rules

@@ -763,8 +763,6 @@ GAP_CPPFLAGS="$(GAP_PKG_CPPFLAGS)"
 GAP_LDFLAGS="$(GAP_LDFLAGS)"
 GAP_LIBS="$(GAP_LIBS)"
 
-GAP_OBJS="$(OBJS)"
-
 JULIA="$(JULIA)"
 JULIA_CPPFLAGS="$(JULIA_CPPFLAGS)"
 JULIA_LDFLAGS="$(JULIA_LDFLAGS)"

cnf/gac.in

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ libtool="@SHELL@ ${abs_top_builddir}/libtool"
 # These three should be filled in by the standard autoconf procedures
 c_compiler="$libtool --mode=compile $GAP_CC"
 cxx_compiler="$libtool --mode=compile $GAP_CXX"
-c_linker="$libtool --mode=link $GAP_CC -export-dynamic"
 
 # These will need special care
 c_dyn_linker="$libtool --mode=link $GAP_CC -module -avoid-version -rpath $libdir"
@@ -134,24 +133,11 @@ c_link_dyn () {
 }
 
 
-#############################################################################
-##
-#F c_link <output> <inputs_o>
-##
-c_link () {
- mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
- echo ${c_linker} ${GAP_LDFLAGS} -o $1 $2 ${GAP_LIBS}
- ${c_linker} ${GAP_LDFLAGS} -o $1 $2 ${GAP_LIBS} || exit 1
-}
-
 #############################################################################
 ##
 #F process_o_file <basename> <filename> 
 ##
 ## Compile according to comp_mode and comp_howfar
-## 
-## This does everything except the final link phase in the static case
-## in that case it adds the basename and object file path of $names and $objects
 ##
 
 process_o_file () {
@@ -171,9 +157,6 @@ process_o_file () {
 #F process_c_file <basename> <filename> 
 ##
 ## Compile according to comp_mode and comp_howfar
-## 
-## This does everything except the final link phase in the static case
-## in that case it adds the basename and object file path of $names and $objects
 ##
 
 process_c_file () {
@@ -224,9 +207,6 @@ process_cxx_file () {
 #F process_gap_file <filename> <ext>
 ##
 ## Compile according to comp_mode and comp_howfar
-## 
-## This does everything except the final link phase in the static case
-## in that case it adds the basename and object file path of $names and $objects
 ##
 
 process_gap_file () {
@@ -329,49 +309,6 @@ if [ "X${inputs}" = "X" ]; then
 fi
 
 
-
-
-#############################################################################
-##
-#F make_compstat 
-##
-
-make_compstat () {
- # make 'compstat.c' and compile it
- temps_c="${temps_c} ${gactmp}/$$compstat.c"
- (
- echo "/* made by 'gac', can be thrown away */"
- echo "#include \"compiled.h\""
-
- echo "extern StructInitInfo * Init__type1 ( void );"
- echo "extern StructInitInfo * Init__oper1( void );"
-
- for name in ${names}; do
- echo "extern StructInitInfo * Init__${name} ( void );"
- done
-
- echo "InitInfoFunc CompInitFuncs[] = {"
- echo " Init__type1,"
- echo " Init__oper1,"
-
- for name in ${names}; do
- echo " Init__${name},"
- done
- echo " 0"
- echo "};"
- ) > ${gactmp}/$$compstat.c
-
- temps_o="${gactmp}/$$compstat.lo ${temps_o}"
- c_compile ${gactmp}/$$compstat.o ${gactmp}/$$compstat.c "${GAP_CFLAGS}"
- if [ "$savetemps" = "true" ]; then
- echo "Leaving temp file " ${gactmp}/$$compstat.c
- else
- echo rm -f ${gactmp}/$$compstat.c
- rm -f ${gactmp}/$$compstat.c
- fi
- objects="${gactmp}/$$compstat.lo ${objects}"
-}
-
 make_tmpdir () {
  if command -v mktemp >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
  gactmp=$(mktemp -d -t "gacXXXXXXX")
@@ -430,26 +367,15 @@ for input in ${inputs}; do
  done
 
 
-#  static link phase
+# link phase
 if [ $comp_howfar = "link" ]; then
  if [ $comp_mode = "comp_static" ]; then
- make_compstat
-
- # link everything together
- if [ "X${output}" = "X" ]; then output="gacout"; fi
-
- for object in $GAP_OBJS; do
- if [ ${object} != "build/obj/src/compstat.c.lo" ]; then
- objects="${abs_top_builddir}/${object} ${objects}"
- fi
- done
-
- c_link ${output} "${objects}"
-
- else
- if [ "X${output}" = "X" ]; then output="${name}.la"; fi
- c_link_dyn ${output} "${objects}"
+ echo "$0: static linking is not supported anymore, use -d / --dynamic"
+ exit 1
  fi
+
+ if [ "X${output}" = "X" ]; then output="${name}.la"; fi
+ c_link_dyn ${output} "${objects}"
 
  if [ "$savetemps" = "true" ]; then
  echo "Leaving object files " ${temps_o}

tst/test-compile/README.md

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ These tests are designed to check the GAP -> C compiler
 
 ./run_compiled_dynamic.sh : Run a single test, after compiling it
  into a dynamic module and loading it
-./run_compiled_static.sh : Run a single test, after compiling it
- into a static module and loading it
 ./run_interpreted.sh : Run a single test without compiling it
 
 ./run_all.sh : Run all tests with and without compiling