qemu-static
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build qemu-static binaries using Alpine Linux docker
qemu-static
The purpose of this project is to build a highly compatible QEMU binary package for linux to use with Zig testing.
Zig needs a very recent QEMU version, sometimes unreleased commit-revs, and sometimes with custom patches. For this reason, distro-based QEMU packages are unsuitable.
The overall strategy is to use Alpine Linux to host a QEMU build and link statically to all possible libraries.
It is a non-goal to build QEMU with all features enabled. It is a non-goal to build older versions of QEMU.
build docker image
docker build --tag qemu .
run container, save ID, copy artifact(s)
docker run -it --cidfile=qemu.cid qemu true
docker cp "$(cat qemu.cid):work/artifact/." artifact
review final artifact(s)
ls -al artifact/
cleanup container, ID-file, and image
docker container rm $(cat qemu.cid)
rm qemu.cid
docker image rm qemu
really, really cleanup docker
docker system prune --force