golang can't compile a static go compiler

[Dave Goehrig]

On x86_64-linux, golang 1.7.1 in cmd/cgo/out.go  lines 248-277 explicitly creates a dynamically linked elf file when compiling via go (but not gccgo, cf line 3359 of cmd/go/build.go.
It appears that there is no way to build a static /bin/go as a result of this code.  Is this correct?

I ask because the environment I'm trying to build go for doesn't support shared libraries or dynamic loading (no ld-linux), and would love to know if there is a way to do it.

Dave

[Ian Lance Taylor]

The code you mention in the cgo tool is used when doing a dynamic
link, but not when doing a static link.

If you don't need cgo, set CGO_ENABLED=0 when you build the go tools,
and you will get statically linked binaries.

If you do need cgo, you will to pass -extldflags=-static to tell the
external linker to do a static link.

Ian