From ad75dfb9352647313bc4f91759d020c973993bd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devrel-ditto <262946657+devrel-ditto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:14:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: statically link Linux amd64 binary with musl

The release binary requires glibc 2.38+ because ubuntu-latest (24.04)
dynamically links against its system glibc. This breaks on Amazon
Linux 2023, Ubuntu 22.04, RHEL 9, and other common distros.

Switch Linux amd64 builds to musl-gcc with static linking, producing
a portable binary that runs on any Linux distro.

Fixes #22
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0821517..aea6e92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ jobs:
           - runner: ubuntu-latest
             goos: linux
             goarch: amd64
-            cc: gcc
+            cc: musl-gcc
+            cross_deps: musl-tools
+            static: true
           - runner: ubuntu-latest
             goos: linux
             goarch: arm64
@@ -53,8 +55,12 @@ jobs:
           CGO_CFLAGS: "-O2 -D__BLST_PORTABLE__"
         run: |
           VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          LDFLAGS="-s -w -X github.com/ava-labs/platform-cli/cmd.version=${VERSION}"
+          if [ "${{ matrix.static }}" = "true" ]; then
+            LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -linkmode external -extldflags '-static'"
+          fi
           go build -tags ledger \
-            -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/ava-labs/platform-cli/cmd.version=${VERSION}" \
+            -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" \
             -o platform .
 
       - name: Package tarball