Static linking D apps for distribution to the cloud, etc.

[mipri]

On Tuesday, 8 October 2019 at 18:28:14 UTC, David J Kordsmeier 
wrote:
> warning: Using 'gethostbyaddr' in statically linked 
> applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the 
> glibc version used for linking

This is a well-known problem with GNU libc. Your best bets are

1. accepting dynamic linking on the target platform, and setting 
up a
build system that's similar enough to it that deployment is easy.
Maybe setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to deployed libraries that 
you
can't get installed on the taget.

2. using something like flatpak or appimage.

3. using DNS resolution from a library outside of libc, and 
hacking
phobos to use that instead of gethostbyaddr.