Added the --static-libs option to curl-config

5 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cd775a095..836732388 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
                                   Changelog
 
+Dan F (25 October 2007)
+- Added the --static-libs option to curl-config
+
 Daniel S (25 October 2007)
 - Made libcurl built with NSS possible to ignore the peer verification.
   Previously it would fail if the ca bundle wasn't present, even if the code
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index ca363fb8a..b33ab42e9 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ This release includes the following changes:
  o added CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETFUNCTION and CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETDATA
  o CULROPT_COOKIELIST supports "FLUSH"
  o added CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS
+ o added --static-libs to curl-config
 
 This release includes the following bugfixes:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eef03855d..a0c4fae67 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ AC_SUBST(AR)
 if test "x$AR" = "xar-was-not-found-by-configure"; then
   AC_MSG_WARN([ar was not found, this may ruin your chances to build fine])
 fi
+AC_SUBST(libext)
 
 dnl figure out the libcurl version
 VERSION=`$SED -ne 's/^#define LIBCURL_VERSION "\(.*\)"/\1/p' ${srcdir}/include/curl/curlver.h`
diff --git a/curl-config.in b/curl-config.in
index 92d1bb02e..157837143 100644
--- a/curl-config.in
+++ b/curl-config.in
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ Available values for OPTION include:
   --cflags    pre-processor and compiler flags
   --checkfor [version] check for (lib)curl of the specified version
   --features  newline separated list of enabled features
-  --protocols newline separated list of enabled protocols
   --help      display this help and exit
   --libs      library linking information
   --prefix    curl install prefix
+  --protocols newline separated list of enabled protocols
+  --static-libs static libcurl library linking information
   --version   output version information
   --vernum    output the version information as a number (hexadecimal)
 EOF
@@ -200,6 +201,10 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 	fi
 	;;
 
+    --static-libs)
+	echo @libdir@/libcurl.@libext@ @LDFLAGS@ @LIBCURL_LIBS@ @LIBS@
+	;;
+
     *)
         echo "unknown option: $1"
 	usage 1
diff --git a/docs/curl-config.1 b/docs/curl-config.1
index 066169874..fe187836c 100644
--- a/docs/curl-config.1
+++ b/docs/curl-config.1
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .\" * $Id$
 .\" **************************************************************************
 .\"
-.TH curl-config 1 "25 Jan 2004" "Curl 7.15.4" "curl-config manual"
+.TH curl-config 1 "25 Oct 2007" "Curl 7.17.1" "curl-config manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl-config \- Get information about a libcurl installation
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ the time of writing, this list may include HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, FILE,
 TELNET, LDAP, DICT. Do not assume any particular order. The protocols will
 be listed using uppercase and are separated by newlines. There may be none,
 one or several protocols in the list. (Added in 7.13.0)
+.IP "--static-libs"
+Shows the complete set of libs and other linker options you will need in order
+to link your application with libcurl statically.
 .IP "--version"
 Outputs version information about the installed libcurl.
 .IP "--vernum"