Enable static builds with --prefer-static

Static builds of the culvert binary allow it to run anywhere without having to worry about packaging up libraries. This is useful if sending the binary to 3rd parties to run or when trying to support multiple Linux distributions that may have very old system libraries. Signed-off-by: Ian Woloschin <[email protected]> [AJ: Drop static kwarg for libfdt dependency, fix actions] Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <[email protected]>
amboar · Nov 30, 2023 · 605255a · 605255a
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get install -qq
           gcc
           gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi libc-dev-armel-cross
-          git meson device-tree-compiler qemu-user
+          git device-tree-compiler qemu-user
+          python3-pip
+      - name: Install current meson
+        run: pip3 install --user meson~=0.63
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: arm32
         # meson compile requires 0.54, but Ubuntu 20.04 ships 0.53, so run ninja directly

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project('culvert', 'c',
 		'b_lto=true',
 		'b_ndebug=true',
 		],
-	meson_version: '>=0.53.0',
+	meson_version: '>=0.63.0',
 	version: 'v0.4.0')
 
 add_global_link_arguments('-z', 'noexecstack', language: 'c')

diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 fs = import('fs')
 
+if get_option('prefer_static')
+	add_project_link_arguments('-static', language: 'c')
+endif
+
 incdirs = [ '.' ]
 
 src = files(