> > I would bet that there's no real need for people to even install from
> > binary snapshots, if they're willing to build two iterations of the
> > world (one all static, then one with all the new tools)...
> 
> Count me in for this.  Disk space is CHEAP!  I wanna do development.
> 
> What's the recommended method for converting a system to static libs?
> Is it as simple as "edit .mk file and make build" or is there more to it?
> 
> Todd Whitesel
> toddpw @ best.com

I think you can just set NOPIC=1 in mk.conf and do a rebuild (you may need 
to set DESTDIR to ensure that linking doesn't pick up any installed shared 
libs).

Richard.