[R] Building a statically-linked extension?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Tyler Pirtle wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>       On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Tyler Pirtle wrote:
>
>             Hi there,
>
>             I'm writing an R extension that has a C component
>             that relies on two third
>             party libraries that I'm bundling
>             with the extension.
>
>             I'd like to statically link my resulting extension
>             so that I can rely on
>             the bundled versions of the libraries I'm
>             distributing, so there's two questions -
>
>             1, does R allow statically linked C extensions to be
>             used at runtime?
> 
> 
> Yes
>
>       2, are there any standard ways of having R build my
>       extension statically?
> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> If you want to know more, follow the posting guide: this is not an
> R-help topic, the missing 'at a minimum' information is vital ....
> 
> 
> Apologies for spamming R-help, I suppose this should have gone to R-devel. I
> can't ever remember the difference between
> the two. So, Professor, if I re-post to R-devel would you be willing to
> reveal any more detail for me? ;)
> 
> I also apologize for a lack of additional information, I'm happy to provide
> you with any, but I'm not exactly sure
> what else I can offer..I just want to build a statically linked R extension,
> and it doesn't seem to be covered in "Writing R
> Extensions". You seem to know the answer, any pointers would be greatly
> appreciated.

You will need to tell us your OS, for a start.

> 
> 
> Tyler
> 
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>             Thanks,
> 
>
>             Tyler
>
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-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595