[GR-51086] Introduce --static-nolibc API option.

PullRequest: graal/17161

Author: fniephaus

docs/reference-manual/native-image/BuildOptions.md

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Run `native-image --help` for help on build options.
 * `--shared`: build a shared library
 * `--silent`: silence build output
 * `--static`: build a statically-linked executable (requires `libc` and `zlib` static libraries)
+* `--static-nolibc`: build statically linked executable with libc dynamically linked
 * `--target`: select the compilation target for `native-image` (in the `<OS>-<architecture>` format). It defaults to host's OS-architecture pair.
 * `--trace-class-initialization`: provide a comma-separated list of fully-qualified class names that a class initialization is traced for
 * `--trace-object-instantiation`: provide a comma-separated list of fully-qualified class names that an object instantiation is traced for

docs/reference-manual/native-image/guides/build-static-and-mostly-static-executable.md

@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ With GraalVM Native Image you can build a mostly-static native executable that s
 To build a mostly-static native executable, use this command:
 
 ```shell
-native-image -H:+StaticExecutableWithDynamicLibC [other arguments] <Class>
+native-image --static-nolibc [other arguments] <Class>
 ```
 
 To build a  a mostly-static native executable for the above `EnvMap` demo, run:
 
 ```shell
-native-image -H:+StaticExecutableWithDynamicLibC EnvMap
+native-image --static-nolibc EnvMap
 ```
 
 This produces a native executable that statically links all involved libraries (including JDK shared libraries) except for `libc`. This includes `zlib`. Also, depending on the user's code, it may link `libstdc+` and `libgcc`.

substratevm/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ This changelog summarizes major changes to GraalVM Native Image.
 * (GR-51053) Use [`vswhere`](https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere) to find Visual Studio installations more reliably and in non-standard installation locations.
 * (GR-47832) Experimental support for upcalls from foreign code and other improvements to our implementation of the [Foreign Function & Memory API](https://github.com/oracle/graal/blob/master/docs/reference-manual/native-image/ForeignInterface.md) (part of "Project Panama", [JEP 454](https://openjdk.org/jeps/454)) on AMD64. Must be enabled with `-H:+ForeignAPISupport` (requiring `-H:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions`).
 * (GR-52314) `-XX:MissingRegistrationReportingMode` can now be used on program invocation instead of as a build option, to avoid a rebuild when debugging missing registration errors.
+* (GR-51086) Introduce a new `--static-nolibc` API option as a replacement for the experimental `-H:±StaticExecutableWithDynamicLibC` option.
 
 ## GraalVM for JDK 22 (Internal Version 24.0.0)
 * (GR-48304) Red Hat added support for the JFR event ThreadAllocationStatistics.

substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java

@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ protected void onValueUpdate(EconomicMap<OptionKey<?>, Object> values, String ol
         }
     };
 
-    @Option(help = "Builds a statically linked executable with libc dynamically linked", type = Expert, stability = OptionStability.EXPERIMENTAL)//
+    @APIOption(name = "static-nolibc")//
+    @Option(help = "Build statically linked executable with libc dynamically linked", type = Expert, stability = OptionStability.EXPERIMENTAL)//
     public static final HostedOptionKey<Boolean> StaticExecutableWithDynamicLibC = new HostedOptionKey<>(false);
 
     @Option(help = "Builds image with libstdc++ statically linked into the image (if needed)", type = Expert, stability = OptionStability.EXPERIMENTAL)//