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  $ wget 'https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/14.1.1/ripgrep-14.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz'
  $ tar -xvf 'ripgrep-14.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz'
  $ ldd ripgrep-14.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/rg
  ldd (0x7f1dcb927000)
  $ file ripgrep-14.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/rg
  ripgrep-14.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/rg: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), static-pie linked, stripped

▲ 3836293648 3 days ago | parent [-]

Which only works on linux. No other OS allows static binaries, you always need to link to libc for syscalls.

▲ craftkiller 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Also works on FreeBSD. FreeBSD maintains ABI compatibility within each major version (so 14.0 is compatible with 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 but not 15.0): You also can install compatibility packages that make binaries compiled for older major versions run on newer major versions.

  $ pkg install git rust
  $ git clone https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep.git
  $ cd ripgrep
  $ RUSTFLAGS='-C target-feature=+crt-static' cargo build --release
  
  $ ldd target/release/rg
  ldd: target/release/rg: not a dynamic ELF executable
  $ file target/release/rg
  target/release/rg: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), statically linked, for FreeBSD 14.3, FreeBSD-style, with debug_info, not stripped

▲ exe34 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

try cosmopolitan!

	▲	3836293648 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Cosmopolitan isn't statically linked, it's just a hack that works on all systems, dynamically linking on windows and macos (I think with a statically linked custom dynamic linker?)