The .tar.gz files for Linux on the Rust download page contain rustc binaries with rustlib linked dynamically. When I run "make dist" or "make install" on the rust source code I also get a rustc with rustlib linked dynamically. However, the rustc installed by rustup seems to have rustlib linked statically.
Is there an easy way to link rustlib statically when you are compiling rustc yourself? A ./configure-flag maybe?
rustc from download page:
~/rustdownloads$ ldd rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/rustc
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffef4bdb000)
librustc_driver-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_driver-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9dae7000)
libstd-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libstd-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9d519000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fce9d12c000)
libsyntax_ext-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libsyntax_ext-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9ce5c000)
librustc_save_analysis-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_save_analysis-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9cb04000)
librustc_privacy-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_privacy-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9c8eb000)
librustc_trans-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_trans-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9c3ab000)
librustc_passes-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_passes-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9c170000)
librustc_lint-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_lint-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9bf0c000)
librustc_incremental-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_incremental-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9bc82000)
librustc_typeck-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_typeck-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9b7db000)
librustc_borrowck-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_borrowck-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9b4a6000)
librustc_mir-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_mir-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9b188000)
librustc_const_eval-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_const_eval-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9aee4000)
librustc_plugin-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_plugin-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9acd4000)
librustc_metadata-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_metadata-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9a7d7000)
librustc_resolve-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_resolve-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9a4e6000)
librustc-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc-c8005792.so (0x00007fce997c5000)
librustc_const_math-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_const_math-c8005792.so (0x00007fce99592000)
librustc_back-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_back-c8005792.so (0x00007fce99346000)
librustc_llvm-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_llvm-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9643d000)
libgraphviz-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libgraphviz-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9622c000)
libgetopts-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libgetopts-c8005792.so (0x00007fce9600b000)
libflate-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libflate-c8005792.so (0x00007fce95dfe000)
libsyntax-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libsyntax-c8005792.so (0x00007fce95523000)
librustc_errors-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_errors-c8005792.so (0x00007fce952ea000)
libsyntax_pos-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libsyntax_pos-c8005792.so (0x00007fce950c3000)
libserialize-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libserialize-c8005792.so (0x00007fce94e04000)
liblog-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/liblog-c8005792.so (0x00007fce94bf4000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fce949d7000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fce946ce000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fce944b8000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fce942b3000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000056520a535000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fce940ab000)
libfmt_macros-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libfmt_macros-c8005792.so (0x00007fce93e9c000)
librustc_platform_intrinsics-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_platform_intrinsics-c8005792.so (0x00007fce93c32000)
librustc_data_structures-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librustc_data_structures-c8005792.so (0x00007fce939c9000)
librbml-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/librbml-c8005792.so (0x00007fce93793000)
libterm-c8005792.so => /home/samme/rustdownloads/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustc/bin/../lib/libterm-c8005792.so (0x00007fce93556000)
rustc from rustup:
~$ ldd .cargo/bin/rustc
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff39fce000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f86f6c2f000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f86f6a2b000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f86f680d000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f86f65f7000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f86f622e000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00005605ef2c3000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f86f5f24000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f86f5d1c000)