> Do you know if gcc can be instructed to use shared/static libs on a
> file-by-file basis? Atleast for my version of gcc, it's an all or
> nothing deal, but ld seems to have this capability.

Use gcc's `-Xlinker' option for this. It passesthe next argument to
the linker verbatim. E.g.:

	cc -v x.o -Xlinker -Bstatic -lm -Xlinker -Bdynamic

produces

	ld -e start -dc -dp /usr/lib/crt0.o -L/usr/libexec x.o -Bstatic -lm -Bdynamic -lgcc -lc -lgcc


-pk