Add Makefile target to build static linux binaries.

Author: arijitAD

Makefile

@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ geth-linux-amd64:
 	@echo "Linux amd64 cross compilation done:"
 	@ls -ld $(GOBIN)/geth-linux-* | grep amd64
 
+geth-linux-amd64-static:
+	$(GORUN) build/ci.go xgo -- --go=$(GO) --targets=linux/amd64 --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -v ./cmd/geth
+	@echo "Linux amd64 cross compilation done:"
+	@ls -ld $(GOBIN)/geth-linux-* | grep amd64
+
 geth-linux-arm: geth-linux-arm-5 geth-linux-arm-6 geth-linux-arm-7 geth-linux-arm64
 	@echo "Linux ARM cross compilation done:"
 	@ls -ld $(GOBIN)/geth-linux-* | grep arm

go.mod

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.1-0.20200604201612-c04b05f3adfa
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.5
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
@@ -62,10 +61,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/peterh/liner v1.1.1-0.20190123174540-a2c9a5303de7
 	github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1
-	github.com/r3labs/diff/v2 v2.13.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rjeczalik/notify v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0
-	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.4-0.20210419000835-c7a38de76ee5+incompatible
 	github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20190316090335-8537d3370df4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0

go.sum

@@ -398,8 +398,6 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.2/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=
 github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1 h1:YZcsG11NqnK4czYLrWd9mpEuAJIHVQLwdrleYfszMAA=
 github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1/go.mod h1:qhTCs0VvXwvX/y3TZrWD7rabWM+ijKTux40TwIPHuXU=
-github.com/r3labs/diff/v2 v2.13.1 h1:o0mlcYwUKTeL6jVblu42vCnXS7gfArPKYJCs4qkwOw8=
-github.com/r3labs/diff/v2 v2.13.1/go.mod h1:I8noH9Fc2fjSaMxqF3G2lhDdC0b+JXCfyx85tWFM9kc=
 github.com/retailnext/hllpp v1.0.1-0.20180308014038-101a6d2f8b52/go.mod h1:RDpi1RftBQPUCDRw6SmxeaREsAaRKnOclghuzp/WRzc=
 github.com/rjeczalik/notify v0.9.1 h1:CLCKso/QK1snAlnhNR/CNvNiFU2saUtjV0bx3EwNeCE=
 github.com/rjeczalik/notify v0.9.1/go.mod h1:rKwnCoCGeuQnwBtTSPL9Dad03Vh2n40ePRrjvIXnJho=
@@ -410,8 +408,6 @@ github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQD
 github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.1.0/go.mod h1:X6itGqS9L4jDletMsxZ7Dz+JFWxM6JHfPOCvTvk+EJo=
 github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.2.0/go.mod h1:X6itGqS9L4jDletMsxZ7Dz+JFWxM6JHfPOCvTvk+EJo=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=
-github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0 h1:XU+rvMAioB0UC3q1MFrIQy4Vo5/4VsRDQQXHsEya6xQ=
-github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.4-0.20210419000835-c7a38de76ee5+incompatible h1:Bn1aCHHRnjv4Bl16T8rcaFjYSrGrIZvpiGO6P3Q4GpU=
 github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.4-0.20210419000835-c7a38de76ee5+incompatible/go.mod h1:5b4v6he4MtMOwMlS0TUMTu2PcXUg8+E1lC7eC3UO/RA=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
@@ -432,7 +428,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.0/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210305035536-64b5b1c73954 h1:xQdMZ1WLrgkkvOZ/LDQxjVxMLdby7osSh4ZEVa5sIjs=
@@ -445,8 +440,6 @@ github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.2.2/go.mod h1:x3qojaO3uyYt0i56EW/VUYs7uBvdl2fkfZF
 github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.0.1-0.20181017060643-dbb3b84ba2ef h1:wHSqTBrZW24CsNJDfeh9Ex6Pm0Rcpc7qrgKBiL44vF4=
 github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.0.1-0.20181017060643-dbb3b84ba2ef/go.mod h1:sJ5fKU0s6JVwZjjcUEX2zFOnvq0ASQ2K9Zr6cf67kNs=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:LJmUH05zAU44vOAcrfzZQKsZbVcdbOG8rtL3/XcUArI=
-github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack v4.0.4+incompatible h1:dSLoQfGFAo3F6OoNhwUmLwVgaUXK79GlxNBwueZn0xI=
-github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack v4.0.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:fy3FlTQTDXWkZ7Bh6AcGMlsjHatGryHQYUTf1ShIgkk=
 github.com/whyrusleeping/go-logging v0.0.0-20170515211332-0457bb6b88fc h1:9lDbC6Rz4bwmou+oE6Dt4Cb2BGMur5eR/GYptkKUVHo=
 github.com/whyrusleeping/go-logging v0.0.0-20170515211332-0457bb6b88fc/go.mod h1:bopw91TMyo8J3tvftk8xmU2kPmlrt4nScJQZU2hE5EM=
 github.com/willf/bitset v1.1.3/go.mod h1:RjeCKbqT1RxIR/KWY6phxZiaY1IyutSBfGjNPySAYV4=
@@ -573,7 +566,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210119212857-b64e53b001e4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210316164454-77fc1eacc6aa/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210324051608-47abb6519492/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210420205809-ac73e9fd8988 h1:EjgCl+fVlIaPJSori0ikSz3uV0DOHKWOJFpv1sAAhBM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210420205809-ac73e9fd8988/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007 h1:gG67DSER+11cZvqIMb8S8bt0vZtiN6xWYARwirrOSfE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -643,8 +635,6 @@ google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.5.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
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-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.6 h1:lMO5rYAqUxkmaj76jAkRUvt5JZgFymx/+Q5Mzfivuhc=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.6/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
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