How do I statically build a project using DUB?

[James Blachly]

On Saturday, 29 August 2020 at 11:27:28 UTC, Kirill wrote:
> I need a stand-alone executable that does not require the user 
> to install any libraries on their computer. Everything should 
> be packed into the executable.
>
> I understand that I need to statically link all of the 
> libraries I use in my project, but how do I do this? What do I 
> need to add to dub.json file? What compiler flags do I need to 
> use?
>
> Thanks in advance.

It may be extremely difficult if you intend to also link libc; 
the gethostbyname DNS functions in glibc do not support static 
linking.

OTOH you can create a fairly portably binary by static linking 
everything EXCEPT libc (I.e., do not pass -static flag to linker) 
— here you would need to link to the .a files of all your 
projects library deps as well as your dependencies dependencies...