[tor-bugs] #2702 [Tor Client]: 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:  needs_review
 Priority:  minor        |      Milestone:              
Component:  Tor Client   |        Version:              
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Comment(by ioerror):

 Replying to [comment:10 Sebastian]:
 > Then, before I forget: What is the usecase here? I can see how
 statically linking libevent, zlib and openssl can help, but how does an
 explicit -static make us better?

 There are many uses of a fully static Tor:

  We'll have a very small, stripped down binary to be used for
 bootstrapping
  This will give us a very small option for GetTor to be used with mail
 providers that have strict limits
  Debugging OpenSSL/zlib/libevent hacks on the client side during
 censorship events
  Allowing people to easily have a single Tor binary for academic projects
  Easy tests of Tor on strange platforms with a cross compiler (build & scp
 over)
  Tor Browser deployments where the system libraries are wonky or perhaps
 even bad
  A user requested it and I was surprised it wasn't so easy to build
 statically

 I can think of a few other things too.

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