More portable gdb
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Description
gdb currently dynamically links `libncurses`, `libexpat`, and `libtinfo` which are not going to always be available. We should be statically linking them. Also refs #309.
```
# ldd ./mason_packages/linux-x86_64/gdb/7.12/bin/gdb
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffe793d8000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f6e23305000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f6e23101000)
libncurses.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5 (0x00007f6e22edd000)
libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007f6e22cb4000)
libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f6e22a8a000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f6e22783000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f6e223be000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000563a39d45000)
```
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Research direction
Start with the affected artifact at mason_packages/linux-x86_64/gdb/7.12/bin/gdb and reproduce the ldd output shown in the issue. Trace the package build configuration that produces this binary and verify that libncurses, libexpat, and libtinfo are statically linked while checking the resulting dependencies with ldd.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, linux
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100