There are plenty of legacy articles on static linking for a Qt application under Linux. I have read that the Qt libraries have to be rebuilt from source for static linking, and that they do not.

I have read you simply have to add "CONFIG += static" to the .pro file, but this does not work for me in Qt Creator. The ldd command and file size indicates I am still linking dynamically.

Has anyone successfully performed static linking of a Qt application (for example a console app) using a recent version of the Qt source/libraries under Linux? (say v4.7.4)

I currently have v4.7.4 installed and managed via the Qt SDK Maintenance Tool.

What is the current methods for the recent versions of the libraries.

Thanks in advance