Merged in GH#75, "configure --enable-static".

autoconf/configure.in

@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(ipc, [  --disable-ipc           turn off IPC messaging],
   IPC_SUPPORT="yes"
 )
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([static],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-static], [enable static linking])],
+  [
+    if test "$enable_static" = "yes"; then
+      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -static"
+    fi
+  ])
+
+
 dnl AIX needs -lc128
 AC_EGREP_CPP([^yes$], [#ifdef _AIX
 yes

doc/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md

@@ -83,5 +83,6 @@ is acknowledged and greatly appreciated:
  * [Volodymyr Bychkovyak](https://github.com/vbychkoviak) - provided fix for rate limit behaviour with bursty traffic
  * [Nick Black](https://nick-black.com) - added "`--bits`" option
  * [Andrew Schulman](https://github.com/andrew-schulman) - provided reproducible example of terminal size detection issue in 1.7.17/1.7.18
+ * [fuschia74](https://github.com/fuchsia74) - provided "`--enable-static`"  patch for "`configure`"
 
 ---

doc/NEWS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0.0.20230801-UNRELEASED
 
+  * feature: new "`--enable-static`" option to "`configure`" for static builds ([GH#75](https://github.com/a-j-wood/pv/issues/75))
   * cleanup: added a test for terminal width detection to "`make test`"
   * cleanup: added a test to "`make test`" to ensure that "`make install`" installs everything expected
   * cleanup: replaced *AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ* with *AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/ioctl.h)* for better MacOS compatibility ([GH#74](https://github.com/a-j-wood/pv/issues/74))