>>>>> "Jules" == Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes: Jules> a) Wrong forum. Maybe debian-mentors... Jules is right but, gcc -o ... *.o -Wl,-static -lsomestaticlib -Wl,-dynamic should do what you want. -- Stephen --- Linux - the Frodo Baggins of Computing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org