How to make a statically linked Rsync Binary

How to make a statically linked Rsync Binary

This document describes how to make a statically linked rsync binary as it is used on page Backup of ESXi Virtual Machines using Affa.

• download the source from http://rsync.samba.org/
• unpack the tarball

tar xzf rsync-3.0.4.tar.gz
cd rsync-3.0.4

• build the statically linked binary

make CFLAGS="-static" EXEEXT="-static"
strip rsync-static