Building static binaries for msmtp and msmtpd using alpine linux on docker

#obsolete see compiling-static-binaries instead.

Create a local build folder and mount it inside the alpine linux container

mkdir /tmp/build
docker run --rm -ti -v /tmp/build:/build alpine:3 sh

Install build dependency packages in alpine, download the latest msmtp release from https://marlam.de/msmtp/ and build it.

apk add build-base openssl-dev openssl-libs-static autoconf automake libtool gettext-dev texinfo


cd /build
wget https://marlam.de/msmtp/releases/msmtp-1.8.15.tar.xz
tar xf msmtp-1.8.15.tar.xz
cd msmtp-1.8.15


export CLAGS='-static'
export LDFLAGS='-static'

autoreconf -i
./configure --with-tls=openssl
make

strip src/msmtp
strip src/msmtpd

# Static binaries are now in src/msmtp and src/msmtpd