Makefile.am:

  Link with CLIENT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS, enable us to
  pass on libtool flags '-full-static' and '-static'
  using '--with-client-ldflags' to configure.
mysql.spec.sh:
  Pass '-static' to libtool, link static with our
  own libraries, dynamic with system libraries.
  Link with the bundled zlib.


support-files/mysql.spec.sh:
  Pass '-static' to libtool, link static with our
  own libraries, dynamic with system libraries.
  Link with the bundled zlib.
server-tools/instance-manager/Makefile.am:
  Link with CLIENT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS, enable us to
  pass on libtool flags '-full-static' and '-static'
  using '--with-client-ldflags' to configure.

server-tools/instance-manager/Makefile.am

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ mysqlmanager_SOURCES=	command.cc command.h mysqlmanager.cc \
                         mysql_manager_error.h \
                         portability.h
 
-mysqlmanager_LDADD=	liboptions.a \
+mysqlmanager_LDADD=	@CLIENT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ \
+			liboptions.a \
 			libnet.a \
 			$(top_builddir)/vio/libvio.a \
 			$(top_builddir)/mysys/libmysys.a \

support-files/mysql.spec.sh

@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ sh -c  "PATH=\"${MYSQL_BUILD_PATH:-$PATH}\" \
 	CXXFLAGS=\"$CXXFLAGS\" \
 	./configure \
  	    $* \
+	    --with-mysqld-ldflags='-static' \
+	    --with-client-ldflags='-static' \
+	    --with-zlib-dir=bundled \
 	    --enable-assembler \
 	    --enable-local-infile \
             --with-mysqld-user=%{mysqld_user} \