The standard linux release binary dynamically links glibc 2.38+ and
GLIBCXX_3.4.32, so it fails to start on Debian 11, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04,
RHEL/Rocky 8/9, Amazon Linux 2, etc. — yet install.sh, the npm and PyPI
wrappers, and the binary's own self-update all fetched it by default,
contradicting the "single static binary" promise.
Point every linux install + self-update path at the fully-static
"-portable" asset (gcc -static), which has no glibc floor. macOS/Windows
are unaffected and unchanged.
- install.sh, pkg/npm/install.js, pkg/pypi _cli.py: select -portable on linux
- src/cli/cli.c: self-update download URL AND checksum archive name both use
-portable on linux (they must match or the update fails checksum verify)
- scripts/smoke-test.sh: assert linux self-update targets the -portable asset
- scripts/ci/check-glibc-compat.sh: new guard — runs the binary inside
debian:bullseye (glibc 2.31) and asserts it starts
- _smoke.yml: run the guard on the portable binary in smoke-linux-portable
Reproduced: standard binary -> "GLIBC_2.38 not found" on glibc 2.31;
portable binary runs cleanly.
Martin Vogel
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