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Static-link :jolt/native C libraries into built binaries by default

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A :jolt/native spec can now carry a :static archive; `jolt build` links it
into the executable, so the app calls the C code with no shared object on the
target. --dynamic (or :jolt/build {:dynamic-natives true}) keeps the old
runtime load-shared-object behavior; a spec with no :static is unchanged.

The cc link force-loads the archive (-force_load on macOS, --whole-archive on
Linux) and exports the executable's symbols (-rdynamic on Linux) so the baked-in
symbols resolve via (load-shared-object #f) + foreign-procedure at startup. Build
step 1 evaluates the app's foreign-procedure forms in-process, so a static
archive is preloaded there as a throwaway shared object to resolve them.

The distributed self-contained joltc has no external cc/Chez but must build these
apps, so it now bundles the Chez kernel (libkernel.a + scheme.h) and the launcher
source and re-links a custom stub with the archives baked in — needing only a
system cc, no Chez. run/repl skip static-only specs (nothing to load); keep a
:darwin/:linux candidate to use such a lib interpreted.

Adds static-native-smoke (cc path) to ci and a static phase to the joltc
self-build smoke (distributed path).
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Yogthos 2026-07-01 09:52:00 -04:00
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# build step. `make test` is the full gate. `make remint` rebuilds the seed after a
# source change.
.PHONY: test ci values corpus unit smoke buildsmoke selfhost sci certify ffi transient infer wp devirt fieldread numwp fieldnum protoret narrow directlink numeric inline shakesmoke remint joltc joltc-release joltc-debug joltcsmoke
.PHONY: test ci values corpus unit smoke buildsmoke staticnativesmoke selfhost sci certify ffi transient infer wp devirt fieldread numwp fieldnum protoret narrow directlink numeric inline shakesmoke remint joltc joltc-release joltc-debug joltcsmoke
# Full gate (dev machine). Includes the self-host byte-fixpoint, which only holds
# on the same Chez that minted the seed.
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test: selfhost ci
# lockfile) — it RUNS correctly on any Chez, but `selfhost` rebuilds it and a
# different Chez version may emit byte-different (gensym/order) output, so the
# byte-fixpoint is a dev-machine check, not a CI one (jolt-8479).
ci: values corpus unit smoke buildsmoke sci ffi transient infer wp devirt fieldread numwp fieldnum protoret narrow directlink numeric inline certify
ci: values corpus unit smoke buildsmoke staticnativesmoke sci ffi transient infer wp devirt fieldread numwp fieldnum protoret narrow directlink numeric inline certify
@echo "OK: CI gates passed"
# Self-host fixpoint: bootstrap.ss rebuild == checked-in seed.
@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ smoke:
buildsmoke:
@sh host/chez/build-smoke.sh
# `jolt build` cc-links a :jolt/native :static archive into the binary (the
# default), and --dynamic keeps the runtime load-shared-object path.
staticnativesmoke:
@sh host/chez/static-native-smoke.sh
# Build joltc as a self-contained native binary into target/<profile>/joltc. The
# binary bundles the runtime, compiler, jolt-core + stdlib source, the Chez boots,
# and a launcher stub, so it runs AND compiles jolt apps with no Chez or cc on the