Generate a static Linux executable within an Alpine linux container

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 .PHONY: \
 	docs docs-server docs-watch docs-sync-server nix-ci linux-ci macos-ci \
-	vagrant-freebsd-ci site
+	vagrant-freebsd-ci site alpine-static-ci
 
 _invalid:
 	echo "Specify a target name to execute"
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ nix-ci:
 		-B download \
 		-T tools/gcc-9-rel.jsonc
 
+alpine-static-ci:
+	docker build -t dds-builder -f tools/Dockerfile.alpine tools/
+	docker run \
+		-ti --rm \
+		-u $(shell id -u) \
+		-v $(PWD):/host -w /host \
+		--privileged \
+		dds-builder \
+		make linux-ci
+
 vagrant-freebsd-ci:
 	vagrant up freebsd11
 	vagrant rsync

tools/Dockerfile.alpine

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM alpine:3.12.1
+
+# Base build dependencies
+RUN apk add "gcc=9.3.0-r2" "g++=9.3.0-r2" make python3 py3-pip \
+    git openssl-libs-static openssl-dev
+
+# We use version-qualified names for compiler executables
+RUN ln -s $(type -P gcc) /usr/local/bin/gcc-9 && \
+    ln -s $(type -P g++) /usr/local/bin/g++-9
+
+# Some Python test dependencies
+RUN python3 -m pip install pytest pytest-xdist \
+    pytest-asyncio semver typing-extensions