!!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically

Packages describing “static” as local USE flag

Package“static” Flag Description
app-admin/tripwireBuilds the package statically
app-emulation/qemuBuild the User and Software MMU (system) targets as well as tools as static binaries
net-analyzer/zabbixBuild statically linked binaries
net-libs/axtlsStatically build axhttpd server
sys-apps/busyboxMake the system rescue shell (/bin/bb) static so you can recover even when glibc is broken
sys-fs/btrfs-progsBuild static binaries in addition to the dynamic ones
www-servers/apacheLink in apache2 modules statically rather then plugins

All packages providing a “static” USE flag (114)