Building completely static Linux binaries via Android NDK

Originally published at: https://blog.urbackup.org/338/building-completely-static-linux-binaries-via-android-ndk

The Android NDK can be used to build completely static Linux binaries which run on any Linux.Advantages: Runs on every Linux distribution be it RHEL, Debian or AlpineLinux (i.e. Linus Torvalds) is pretty strict about backwards compatibility so it’ll continue to run on future Linux kernels without problemsTheoretically it’ll even work without a Linux distribution,…