Building a statically-linked extension?

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?

2, are there any standard ways of having R build my extension statically?

Thanks,


Tyler

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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.

Tyler

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            Thanks,


            Tyler

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