[HDFS-1078] update libhdfs build process to produce static libraries

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.21.0
• Component/s: libhdfs
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: sam rash
• Reporter: sam rash
• Created: 04/Apr/10 06:55
• Updated: 24/Aug/10 20:52
• Resolved: 25/Apr/10 09:14

Description

it would be useful if the build of libhdfs produced the static version (.a) in addition to the existing shared (.so*) version. This can be accomplished by removing the -shared option to the linker (in configure.ac/configure files)