* [static-annex] Statically linked git-annex builds
@ 2024-11-04 4:39 99% Kyle Meyer
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From: Kyle Meyer @ 2024-11-04 4:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On some machines, I want to install git-annex under a user's home
directory without touching the wider system. These machines don't have
the tools for building git-annex from source (and, even if they did, I'd
rather not wait for the build).
Two possible solutions would be to
1) install it from conda-forge
https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/conda/
2) download the git-annex's standalone build
https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/Linux_standalone/
https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/completely_linux_distribution-independent_packaging/
Both of these are nice options to have. I'm unlikely to jump at *1*
given I'm not a Conda user. That leaves *2*.
The standalone build has been around for a long time and has surely seen
a good amount of use (including via NeuroDebian's backports). If I
recall correctly, there's some noticeable overhead. And, for my use
case, I don't need external programs like Git and Rsync to be bundled.
But it would very likely do.
Still, I wondered how much effort it'd be to create a statically linked
build. Searching around, I found that Pandoc uses the benz0li/ghc-musl
image for this purpose.
https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blob/4c66bf27903ca50fccfb0b025a9d5cde217a6cec/Makefile#L164-L176
https://gitlab.com/benz0li/ghc-musl
With that very helpful starting point, I've put together the scripts at
<https://git.kyleam.com/static-annex/> to create statically linked
git-annex builds. (For my current use cases, I'm concerned with only
x86_64 GNU/Linux machines, and I've disabled the webapp and assistant
features, as I don't use them.)
Everything seems to be working as expected. For now, I'll continue to
use the latest version of these builds as my primary git-annex binary to
hopefully catch any issues.
I've uploaded the three most recent git-annex releases to
<https://dl.kyleam.com/git-annex/>.
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