_N_nhynes·Oct 14, 2020
Relatedly, rust-musl-builder [0] is useful for getting Rust binaries to run on the `static` instead of `cc` base image.
[0] https://github.com/emk/rust-musl-builder
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emk / rust-musl-builder
rust-musl-builder
Docker images for compiling static Rust binaries using musl-libc and musl-gcc, with static versions of useful C libraries. Supports openssl and diesel crates.
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Docker images for compiling static Rust binaries using musl-libc and musl-gcc, with static versions of useful C libraries. Supports openssl and diesel crates.
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2 sourcesAs far as I know, the official system interface on Windows and several Unix systems is via the standard library, not via direct syscalls. I don't know about the MacOS. But in general, you may be required to dynamically link the standard library on many platforms.
Linux guarantees syscalls are stable. And on Linux, you have the option of telling Rust to cross-compile using a statically-linked musl-libc. (If you also need to statically link OpenSSL or a few other common libraries, I maintain https://github.com/emk/rust-musl-builder, and there's at least one similar image out there.)
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