Re: [PATCH installer v2] buildsys: add static version of proxmox-auto-install-assistant

["Christoph Heiss" <c.heiss@proxmox.com>]

Ping, still applies.

On Tue Jun 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM CEST, Christoph Heiss wrote:
> This adds a separate debian package to the build, containing a
> statically-built version of `proxmox-auto-install-assistant`, as
> was suggested by Thomas.
>
> Similar how we ship a static variant of proxmox-backup-client.
>
> The binary is placed at /usr/bin/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static,
> with a symlink to it at /usr/bin/proxmox-auto-install-assistant.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
> ---
> Decided to pick this up again, as it recently came up in a discussion.
>
> lintian reports `shared-library-lacks-prerequisites` [0] for the
> resulting package, which seems rather irrelevant (or even bogus) in our
> case - thus the override.
>
> v1: https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20240816161942.2044889-1-c.heiss@proxmox.com/
>
> Changes v1 -> v2:
>   * rebased on latest master
>
> [0] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/shared-library-lacks-prerequisites
>
>  Makefile                                      | 21 +++++++++++++++++--
>  debian/control                                | 10 +++++++++
>  ...xmox-auto-install-assistant-static.install |  1 +
>  ...roxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.links |  1 +
>  ...install-assistant-static.lintian-overrides |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.install
>  create mode 100644 debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.links
>  create mode 100644 debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.lintian-overrides
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index bb5dc86..f7c25ec 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>  include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
> +include /usr/share/rustc/architecture.mk
>
>  PACKAGE = proxmox-installer
>  BUILDDIR ?= $(PACKAGE)-$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM)
> @@ -6,17 +7,26 @@ BUILDDIR ?= $(PACKAGE)-$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM)
>  DEB=$(PACKAGE)_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(DEB_HOST_ARCH).deb
>  ASSISTANT_DEB=proxmox-auto-install-assistant_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(DEB_HOST_ARCH).deb
>  FIRST_BOOT_DEB=proxmox-first-boot_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(DEB_HOST_ARCH).deb
> +ASSISTANT_STATIC_DEB=proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static_$(DEB_VERSION)_$(DEB_HOST_ARCH).deb
>
> -ALL_DEBS = $(DEB) $(ASSISTANT_DEB) $(FIRST_BOOT_DEB)
> +ALL_DEBS = $(DEB) $(ASSISTANT_DEB) $(FIRST_BOOT_DEB) $(ASSISTANT_STATIC_DEB)
>
>  DSC=$(PACKAGE)_$(DEB_VERSION).dsc
>
>  CARGO ?= cargo
> +
> +CARGO_STATIC_TARGET_DIR := target/static
> +CARGO_STATIC_RUSTC_FLAGS := -C target-feature=+crt-static
> +CARGO_STATIC_BUILD_ARGS += --target $(DEB_HOST_RUST_TYPE) --target-dir $(CARGO_STATIC_TARGET_DIR)
> +
>  ifeq ($(BUILD_MODE), release)
>  CARGO_BUILD_ARGS += --release
>  CARGO_COMPILEDIR := target/release
> +CARGO_STATIC_BUILD_ARGS += --release
> +CARGO_STATIC_COMPILEDIR := $(CARGO_STATIC_TARGET_DIR)/$(DEB_HOST_RUST_TYPE)/release
>  else
>  CARGO_COMPILEDIR := target/debug
> +CARGO_STATIC_COMPILEDIR := $(CARGO_STATIC_TARGET_DIR)/$(DEB_HOST_RUST_TYPE)/debug
>  endif
>
>  INSTALLER_SOURCES=$(shell git ls-files) locale-info.json
> @@ -83,6 +93,7 @@ tidy:
>
>  deb: $(DEB)
>  $(ASSISTANT_DEB): $(DEB)
> +$(ASSISTANT_STATIC_DEB): $(DEB)
>  $(FIRST_BOOT_DEB): $(DEB)
>  $(DEB): $(BUILDDIR)
>  	cd $(BUILDDIR); dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc
> @@ -122,7 +133,7 @@ VARLIBDIR=$(DESTDIR)/var/lib/proxmox-installer
>  HTMLDIR=$(VARLIBDIR)/html/common
>
>  .PHONY: install
> -install: $(INSTALLER_SOURCES) $(COMPILED_BINS)
> +install: $(INSTALLER_SOURCES) $(COMPILED_BINS) auto-install-assistant-static
>  	$(MAKE) -C banner install
>  	$(MAKE) -C Proxmox install
>  	$(MAKE) -C proxmox-first-boot install
> @@ -134,6 +145,7 @@ install: $(INSTALLER_SOURCES) $(COMPILED_BINS)
>  	install -D -m 755 proxinstall $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/proxinstall
>  	install -D -m 755 proxmox-low-level-installer $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)/proxmox-low-level-installer
>  	$(foreach i,$(USR_BIN), install -m755 $(CARGO_COMPILEDIR)/$(i) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/ ;)
> +	install -D -m 755 $(CARGO_STATIC_COMPILEDIR)/proxmox-auto-install-assistant $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static
>  	install -D -m 755 checktime $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/checktime
>  	install -D -m 644 xinitrc $(DESTDIR)/.xinitrc
>  	install -D -m 755 spice-vdagent.sh $(DESTDIR)/.spice-vdagent.sh
> @@ -150,6 +162,11 @@ cargo-build:
>  		--package proxmox-post-hook --bin proxmox-post-hook \
>  		$(CARGO_BUILD_ARGS)
>
> +.PHONY: auto-install-assistant-static
> +auto-install-assistant-static:
> +	RUSTFLAGS="$(CARGO_STATIC_RUSTC_FLAGS)" \
> +	$(CARGO) build --package proxmox-auto-install-assistant $(CARGO_STATIC_BUILD_ARGS)
> +
>  %-banner.png: %-banner.svg
>  	rsvg-convert -o $@ $<
>
> diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
> index 7565c2a..95f695f 100644
> --- a/debian/control
> +++ b/debian/control
> @@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ Description: Assistant to help with automated installations
>   installation of a Proxmox project, and preparing a official ISO image to use
>   this answer file.
>
> +Package: proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static
> +Architecture: any
> +Recommends: xorriso, ${misc:Depends},
> +Conflicts: proxmox-auto-install-assistant
> +Provides: proxmox-auto-install-assistant
> +Description: Assistant to help with automated installations - static build
> + Provides a helper that can assist with creating an answer file for a automated
> + installation of a Proxmox project, and preparing a official ISO image to use
> + this answer file.
> +
>  Package: proxmox-first-boot
>  Architecture: any
>  Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends},
> diff --git a/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.install b/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.install
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..abd2c64
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.install
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +usr/bin/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static
> diff --git a/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.links b/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.links
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..28e003c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.links
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +usr/bin/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static usr/bin/proxmox-auto-install-assistant
> diff --git a/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.lintian-overrides b/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.lintian-overrides
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..85efadd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/debian/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static.lintian-overrides
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static: shared-library-lacks-prerequisites [usr/bin/proxmox-auto-install-assistant-static]