[tor-bugs] #2702 [- Select a component]: Create a configure flag for building a static Tor

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#2702: Create a configure flag for building a static Tor
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 Reporter:  ioerror               |          Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor                 |      Milestone:     
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:     
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:     
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Comment(by ioerror):

 I've produced a working static Tor binary but creating this causes a few
 warnings:
 {{{
 Making all in or
 make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/tor/src/or'
 gcc  -g -O2 -static -Wall -g -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -L/tmp/static-
 tor/zlib-1.2.5 -L/tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r/ -L/tmp/static-
 tor/libevent-1.4.14b-stable  -o tor tor_main.o ./libtor.a
 ../common/libor.a ../common/libor-crypto.a ../common/libor-event.a /tmp
 /static-tor/zlib-1.2.5/libz.a -lm /tmp/static-tor/libevent-1.4.14b-
 stable/libevent.a -lrt /tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r//libssl.a /tmp
 /static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r//libcrypto.a  -lpthread -ldl
 /tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r//libcrypto.a(dso_dlfcn.o): In function
 `dlfcn_load':
 dso_dlfcn.c:(.text+0x5b4): warning: Using 'dlopen' in statically linked
 applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc
 version used for linking
 ../common/libor.a(compat.o): In function `get_user_homedir':
 /tmp/tor/src/common/compat.c:1502: warning: Using 'getpwnam' in statically
 linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the
 glibc version used for linking
 ./libtor.a(control.o): In function `getinfo_helper_misc':
 /tmp/tor/src/or/control.c:1379: warning: Using 'getpwuid' in statically
 linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the
 glibc version used for linking
 ../common/libor.a(address.o): In function `tor_addr_lookup':
 /tmp/tor/src/common/address.c:171: warning: Using 'getaddrinfo' in
 statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries
 from the glibc version used for linking
 make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/tor/src/or'
 }}}

 This produces a "working" Tor binary:
 {{{
 % file src/or/tor
 src/or/tor: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux),
 statically linked, for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, not stripped
 %  ldd src/or/tor
         not a dynamic executable
 }}}

 Anything interacting with PAM or dlopen will cause serious failures.

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