lethal bluff
Is it possible to produce a fully statically linked binary on macOS?
I've tried:
zig build-exe -O ReleaseSmall main.zig -dead_strip -dead_strip_dylibs -static --gc-sections -fomit-frame-pointer
That gave me
error: unable to create compilation: UnableToStaticLink
sterile sluice
Probably not, see apple documentation
lament slate
in theory yes, you can, but you will need to provide the system calls yourself, which are not stable so they change from version to version
sterile sluice
in theory yes, you can, but you will need to provide the system calls yourself, ...
Could change*
There is no guarantee they are there or not
lethal bluff
I see. Is that the reason for the larger binary sizes on macOS? I get 52k on macOS, 9k on Linux, 5k on Windows
lament slate
I see. Is that the reason for the larger binary sizes on macOS? I get 52k on mac...
most likely
clang is able to produce 16k executables
for aarch64 macos
lethal bluff
when using write or without?
probably doesn't matter because we need the syscall for exit either way I guess
lament slate
just an Zig empty main function
lethal bluff
yeah, I'm getting 52k with an empty main function
lament slate
or int main() { return 0; }
the binary size should be lower
maybe it's related to the Zig linker since Zig uses its own by default when targetting macos
sterile sluice
crossplatform targetting iirc
lethal bluff
maybe it's related to the Zig linker since Zig uses its own by default when targ...
I can't find an option to use the system linker
lament slate
there's a use_lld option afaik