[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] configure: linking against static libraries is preferred on OS/2

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 12:15:21PM +0900, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
> ---
>  configure | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index fd2b115..81a2e18 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -4338,7 +4338,7 @@ fi #if linux
>  echocheck "pkg-config"
>  _pkg_config=pkg-config
>  if $($_pkg_config --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
> -  if test "$ld_static"; then
> +  if test "$ld_static" || os2 ; then
>      _pkg_config="$_pkg_config --static"
>    fi
>    echores "yes"
> @@ -8063,6 +8063,9 @@ echores "$_dvdnav"
>  
>  extra_ldflags="$extra_ldflags $libm"
>  
> +# Linking against static libraries is preferred on OS/2
> +os2 && extra_ldflags="-Wl,-static $extra_ldflags"

Why, what is special about OS/2 that it should default to static?
Especially compared to e.g. Windows (where people for distribution
will basically always link statically, too).