From 9a782cccbcf54eae063d682ac0d5eab8705050c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Mienk <mienkphi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:53:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Address runpath on releases.

---
 .github/workflows/manual-release.yml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
index 5bde5cf4..39ec590d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: >
           ./libbitcoin-server/builds/cmake/install-cmake.sh
+          -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=${{ matrix.link == 'static' && 'ON' || 'OFF' }}
           --noninteractive
           --build-use-local-src
           --build-src-dir="${{ github.workspace }}"
@@ -591,6 +592,28 @@ jobs:
           cp -L -n ${CANDIDATE} candidate/${CANONICAL}
           echo "candidate_identifier=${CANONICAL}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
+      - name: Remove embedded RUNPATH/RPATH
+        if: ${{
+            matrix.link == 'static' &&
+            matrix.toolchain != 'msbuild' &&
+            startsWith(matrix.image, 'ubuntu') &&
+            matrix.container == ''
+          }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y patchelf
+          find candidate -type f -executable -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
+            if file "$f" | grep -q ELF; then
+              echo "=== $f ==="
+              echo "Before:"
+              readelf -d "$f" | grep -E 'RPATH|RUNPATH' || echo "(none)"
+              # or: patchelf --print-rpath "$f"
+              patchelf --remove-rpath "$f" || true
+              echo "After:"
+              readelf -d "$f" | grep -E 'RPATH|RUNPATH' || echo "(none)"
+            fi
+          done
+
       - name: Strip symbols from binaries
         if: ${{ matrix.configuration != 'debug' && matrix.toolchain != 'msbuild' }}
         shell: bash

From cf80aa52b8aef3afd882e22564a19a547575b2f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Mienk <mienkphi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:19:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Regenerate to mitigate LD_* assignment related to RPATH.

---
 builds/cmake/install-cmake.sh   | 20 +++++++++++---------
 builds/cmake/install-presets.sh | 20 +++++++++++---------
 builds/gnu/install-gnu.sh       | 20 +++++++++++---------
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builds/cmake/install-cmake.sh b/builds/cmake/install-cmake.sh
index 19615241..a150bb4b 100755
--- a/builds/cmake/install-cmake.sh
+++ b/builds/cmake/install-cmake.sh
@@ -285,16 +285,18 @@ main()
         msg_verbose "No --prefix specified, defaulting to '${PREFIX}'."
     else
         # Incorporate the custom libdir into each object, for link time resolution
-        if [[ -z "${LD_RUN_PATH}" ]]; then
-            export LD_RUN_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
-        else
-            export LD_RUN_PATH="${LD_RUN_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
-        fi
+        if [[ "${BUILD_LINK}" == "dynamic" ]]; then
+            if [[ -z "${LD_RUN_PATH}" ]]; then
+                export LD_RUN_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
+            else
+                export LD_RUN_PATH="${LD_RUN_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            fi
 
-        if [[ -z "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ]]; then
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
-        else
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            if [[ -z "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ]]; then
+                export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
+            else
+                export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            fi
         fi
     fi
 
diff --git a/builds/cmake/install-presets.sh b/builds/cmake/install-presets.sh
index 02a82c1d..a308a11a 100755
--- a/builds/cmake/install-presets.sh
+++ b/builds/cmake/install-presets.sh
@@ -301,16 +301,18 @@ main()
         msg_verbose "No --prefix specified, defaulting to '${PREFIX}'."
     else
         # Incorporate the custom libdir into each object, for link time resolution
-        if [[ -z "${LD_RUN_PATH}" ]]; then
-            export LD_RUN_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
-        else
-            export LD_RUN_PATH="${LD_RUN_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
-        fi
+        if [[ "${BUILD_LINK}" == "dynamic" ]]; then
+            if [[ -z "${LD_RUN_PATH}" ]]; then
+                export LD_RUN_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
+            else
+                export LD_RUN_PATH="${LD_RUN_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            fi
 
-        if [[ -z "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ]]; then
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
-        else
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            if [[ -z "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ]]; then
+                export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
+            else
+                export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            fi
         fi
     fi
 
diff --git a/builds/gnu/install-gnu.sh b/builds/gnu/install-gnu.sh
index 67986e7e..7e36541c 100755
--- a/builds/gnu/install-gnu.sh
+++ b/builds/gnu/install-gnu.sh
@@ -286,16 +286,18 @@ main()
         msg_verbose "No --prefix specified, defaulting to '${PREFIX}'."
     else
         # Incorporate the custom libdir into each object, for link time resolution
-        if [[ -z "${LD_RUN_PATH}" ]]; then
-            export LD_RUN_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
-        else
-            export LD_RUN_PATH="${LD_RUN_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
-        fi
+        if [[ "${BUILD_LINK}" == "dynamic" ]]; then
+            if [[ -z "${LD_RUN_PATH}" ]]; then
+                export LD_RUN_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
+            else
+                export LD_RUN_PATH="${LD_RUN_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            fi
 
-        if [[ -z "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ]]; then
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
-        else
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            if [[ -z "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" ]]; then
+                export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
+            else
+                export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${PREFIX}/lib"
+            fi
         fi
     fi