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glibc_multi: add output "static"
This change enables static compilation with glibc in a multilib setup. For building a nix shell the output can now be referenced as follows: devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell { packages = [ pkgs.glibc_multi.static ]; }; In the implementation I was forced to make two design decisions: 1. The directory `$static/lib64` has to be a "real" directory and not a symlink. Otherwise, the path to this directory is not added to $NIX_LDFLAGS, which in turn causes the files to not be visible to gcc and ld during the build process (for details see `pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/setup-hook.sh` line 16). 2. The directories `$static/lib` and `$static/lib64` have to contain symlinks to both the files used for static and for dynamic linking (i.e. the outputs of `static` and `out` of the 32 and 64 bit variant of glibc). Without this, dynamic linking still works, however the resulting binaries will segfault.
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pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/multi.nix

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@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ runCommand "${nameVersion.name}-multi-${nameVersion.version}"
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"out"
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"bin"
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"dev"
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]; # TODO: no static version here (yet)
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"static"
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];
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passthru = {
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libgcc = lib.lists.filter (x: x != null) [
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(glibc64.libgcc or null)
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cp -rs '${glibc32.dev}'/include "$dev/"
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chmod +w -R "$dev"
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cp -rsf '${glibc64.dev}'/include "$dev/"
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mkdir -p "$static/lib" "$static/lib64"
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# create symlinks for files used for dynamic linking
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# -> removing this will cause dynamically linked programs to segfault
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cp -rs '${glibc32.out}'/lib/* "$static/lib"
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cp -rs '${glibc64.out}'/lib/* "$static/lib64"
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# create symlinks for files used for static linking
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cp -rs '${glibc32.static}'/lib/* "$static/lib"
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cp -rs '${glibc64.static}'/lib/* "$static/lib64"
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