Static linking Go binaries
Posted on Fri 24 February 2017 in go
By default, go (<=1.8) compiles a dynamic linked binary if you run go build.
It can be verified with the file command:
$ file go_executable
go_executable: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1, not stripped, with debug_info
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