2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M bin/dune
A bin/gen_link_flags.sh

@@ 1,3 1,6 @@
+;; https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/dune-how-to-link-statically-on-linux-not-on-others/8537/4?u=mro
+(rule (with-stdout-to link_flags.sexp (run sh %{dep:gen_link_flags.sh})))
+
 ; https://stackoverflow.com/a/53325230/349514
 (executable
   (name geohash)


@@ 30,5 33,5 @@
 ; $ make clean build
 ; $ file _build/default/bin/*.exe 
 ; _build/default/bin/meta.exe: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped
-  (link_flags (-ccopt "-static"))
+  (link_flags (:include link_flags.sexp))
 )

@@ 0,0 1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/dune-how-to-link-statically-on-linux-not-on-others/8537/4?u=mro
+
+case "$(uname -s)" in
+  Darwin)
+    # do not link statically on macos.
+    echo "()"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo '(-ccopt "-static")'
+    ;;
+esac
+