use static linking for Linux to try to make binaries more compatible

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0040eb17d41208ceae07cf4ff1d57369ed3c60e5..078636fd331d4395ef12de6d71b860333fde25f4 100644 (file)
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
        # Create zip archive
        set (CPACK_GENERATOR ZIP)
 
+       # Statically link libraries -- might make the binary slightly more
+       # compatible across Linux distributions, for example
+       set (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a")
+       set (BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARIES OFF)
+       set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static")
+
        # Some libraries need to be linked on some Linux builds
        if (DEFINED TEST)
                # target_link_libraries(run_tests m)