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fix: work around GCC 15 crt1.o .sframe incompatibility with Zig linker #1

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fix: add commit hash as part of the build
psadi Apr 22, 2026
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fix: strip .sframe from glibc crt objects to unblock Zig linker on GC…
codemedic May 7, 2026
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions bin/build-ghostty.sh
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Expand Up @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ "${GHOSTTY_VERSION}" = "tip" ]; then
export UPINFO="gh-releases-zsync|$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" | tr '/' '|')|tip|Ghostty-*$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
wget "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases/download/tip/ghostty-source.tar.gz" -O "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz"
wget "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/releases/download/tip/ghostty-source.tar.gz.minisig" -O "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig"
GHOSTTY_VERSION="$(tar -tf "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz" --wildcards "*zig.zon.txt" | awk -F'[-/]' '{print $2"-"$3}')"
GHOSTTY_VERSION="$(tar -tf "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz" --wildcards "*zig.zon.txt" | awk '-F[-/]' '{print $2"-"$3"-"$4}')"
echo "${GHOSTTY_VERSION}" >VERSION
mv ghostty-tip.tar.gz "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz"
mv ghostty-tip.tar.gz.minisig "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}.tar.gz.minisig"
Expand All @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ BUILD_ARGS="${BUILD_ARGS} -Dversion-string=${GHOSTTY_VERSION}"

# Configure Zig: https://ziglang.org
ZIG_VERSION="$(cat "ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}/build.zig.zon" | grep ".minimum_zig_version" | cut -d'"' -f2)"
ZIG_PACKAGE_NAME="zig-${ARCH}-linux-${ZIG_VERSION}"
CURRENT_ZIG_VERSION=$(zig version 2>/dev/null || true)
if [ "$CURRENT_ZIG_VERSION" != "$ZIG_VERSION" ]; then
echo "Installing Zig ${ZIG_VERSION}..."
ZIG_PACKAGE_NAME="zig-${ARCH}-linux-${ZIG_VERSION}"
ZIG_URL="https://ziglang.org/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/${ZIG_PACKAGE_NAME}.tar.xz"
rm -rf /opt/zig*
unlink /usr/local/bin/zig || true
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion bin/bundle-appimage.sh
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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ ARCH="$(uname -m)"
GHOSTTY_VERSION="$(cat VERSION)"

export UPINFO="gh-releases-zsync|$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" | tr '/' '|')|latest|Ghostty-*$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
export URUNTIME_PRELOAD=1
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came too late lol

pkgforge-dev/appimagetool#5

Note disabling this is bad, as that introduces a delay in the launch time of the appimage, which is not acceptable for terminal emulators. But there is no solution until that gets fixed.

export DEPLOY_OPENGL=1
export EXEC_WRAPPER=1
export OUTNAME="Ghostty-${GHOSTTY_VERSION}-${ARCH}.AppImage"
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions bin/setup-env.sh
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ ghosttyDeps="gtk4 libadwaita gtk4-layer-shell"
rm -rf "/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/package-cleanup.hook"
pacman -Syuq --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar ${buildDeps} ${ghosttyDeps}

# GCC 15+ compiles glibc crt startup objects with .sframe sections that use R_X86_64_PC64
# relocations. Zig's self-hosted linker doesn't support this relocation type, causing
# build-time helpers (e.g. ghostty-build-data) to fail. Strip .sframe and its associated
# relocation section from the affected objects so the linker never encounters them.
for _crt in /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/Scrt1.o /usr/lib/rcrt1.o; do
[ -f "$_crt" ] && objcopy --remove-section .sframe --remove-section .rela.sframe "$_crt"
done

ARCH="$(uname -m)"

MINISIGN_VERSION="$(get_latest_gh_release 'jedisct1/minisign')"
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