Build static Linux release binaries

Add a Meson option for statically linking only the final ppm
executable and enable it for all Linux release artifacts.
This preserves the old build.sh behavior without forcing helper
binaries from fallback subprojects to link statically.

Verify Linux release artifacts in CI by failing when readelf still
reports an ELF program interpreter, which catches binaries that
would require a missing musl loader on Ubuntu runners.

Bump the plugin_manager manifest version for the packaging fix.

Author: Github Actions

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -75,13 +75,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           MESON_CROSS_ARGS=()
           MESON_C_ARGS="-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections"
+          MESON_ARGS=()
 
           case "$TARGET_ARCH" in
+            x86_64-linux)
+              MESON_ARGS+=(-Dfully_static=true)
+              ;;
             aarch64-linux)
               MESON_CROSS_ARGS=(--cross-file=cross/aarch64-linux-musl.ini)
+              MESON_ARGS+=(-Dfully_static=true)
               ;;
             riscv64-linux)
               MESON_CROSS_ARGS=(--cross-file=cross/riscv64-linux-musl.ini)
+              MESON_ARGS+=(-Dfully_static=true)
               ;;
             x86_64-windows)
               MESON_CROSS_ARGS=(--cross-file=cross/x86_64-w64-mingw32.ini)
@@ -114,9 +120,19 @@ jobs:
             -Dbinary_name="$BIN_BASE" \
             -Dc_args="$MESON_C_ARGS" \
             -Dc_link_args="-Wl,--gc-sections" \
+            "${MESON_ARGS[@]}" \
             "${MESON_CROSS_ARGS[@]}"
           meson compile -C build-ci
 
+      - name: Verify Linux Static Artifact
+        if: ${{ matrix.config.platform == 'linux' }}
+        run: |
+          file build-ci/$BIN
+          if readelf -l build-ci/$BIN | grep -q 'Requesting program interpreter'; then
+            echo "::error::$BIN is dynamically linked"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
       # - name: Run Tests
       #   if: ${{ matrix.config.native }}
       #   run: |

manifest.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "addons": [
     {
       "id": "plugin_manager",
-      "version": "1.5.4",
+      "version": "1.5.5",
       "description": "A GUI interface to Adam's pragtical plugin manager.",
       "type": "plugin",
       "path": "plugins/plugin_manager",

meson.build

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ microtar_dep = declare_dependency(
 
 ppm_source = files('src/ppm.c')
 cflags = []
+link_args = []
 ppm_release_version = get_option('release_version')
 ppm_full_version = get_option('full_version')
 ppm_target_arch = get_option('target_arch')
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ if get_option('static')
     cflags += '-DPPM_STATIC'
 endif
 
+if get_option('fully_static')
+    link_args += '-static'
+endif
+
 ppm_exe = executable(ppm_binary_name,
     ppm_source,
     dependencies: [
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ ppm_exe = executable(ppm_binary_name,
         microtar_dep
     ],
     c_args: cflags,
+    link_args: link_args,
     install: true,
     install_dir: get_option('install_plugin') ? pragtical_datadir / 'plugins/plugin_manager' : get_option('bindir'),
 )

meson_options.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 option('static', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Build the pre-packaged lua file into the executable.')
+option('fully_static', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Statically link the ppm executable.')
 option('install_plugin', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Install the Pragtical plugin for ppm')
 option('pragtical_datadir', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Path to the Pragtical data directory, usually \'share/pragtical\'')
 option('release_version', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Release version used by package builds.')