How to compile static single file newLisp binary?

[vetelko]

Hi guys, can anyone help me out? Is it possible to compile newlisp statically so I don't have to copy all dependency libraries from /usr/lib/... into the chroot? I need single big fat binary

I think Ted Walther mentioned in one of his posts that he managed to do it on OpenBSD (which is also my system). But he doesn't explain how

[rrq]

The steps I take are basically to
1. first create the makefile_build the normal way and then
2. copy that to a makefile_static file which I hand-edit:
3. remove -DFFI -DREADLINE (see below) from the CFLAGS setup
4. change the "default:" target action to be the two steps

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  $(CC) $(OBJS) -m64 -o newlisp -static -Wl,-Bstatic -lm -lc
  strip newlisp
That's with gcc on a linux amd64 (devuan). I've got libc.a and libm.a from the libc6-dev package, and I don't include the FFI and READLINE options for it. Thoug I think you can find .a libraries for them too (libreadline-dev and libffi-dev packages)

EDIT: digging up that old project, I realized it needed musl-gcc as well; gcc doesn't seem to be capable of static binaries.

EDIT: maybe I confused myself; it seems gcc does it well too, and then you may also include ffi and readline (+termcap).

[vetelko]

Thank you rrq .. will try it