Index: config.lua
==================================================================
--- config.lua
+++ config.lua
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 		os.getenv('NIX_PATH')  and 'nixos',
 		os.getenv('NIX_STORE') and 'nixos',
 	''));
 	tgttrip   = default('parsav_arch_triple'); -- target triple, used in xcomp
 	tgtcpu    = default('parsav_arch_cpu'); -- target cpu, used in xcomp
-	tgthf     = u.tobool(default('parsav_arch_armhf',true)); 
+	-- tgthf     = u.tobool(default('parsav_arch_armhf',true)); 
 	doc       = {
 		online  = u.tobool(default('parsav_online_documentation',true)); 
 		offline = u.tobool(default('parsav_offline_documentation',true)); 
 	};
 	outform   = default('parsav_emit_type', 'o');

ADDED   dist/BSDmakefile
Index: dist/BSDmakefile
==================================================================
--- dist/BSDmakefile
+++ dist/BSDmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# being extremely paranoid here, but there's some vague plans to get nix
+# shit working under BSD kernels, so we may as well future-proof the thing
+.if defined(NIX_STORE) || defined(NIX_PATH)
+    l-glibc-path != nix path-info nixos.glibc
+	rt-path = $(l-glibc-path)/lib
+.endif
+
+rt-path ?= /usr/lib
+runtime = $(rt-path)/crt1.o \
+		  $(rt-path)/crti.o \
+		  $(rt-path)/crtbegin.o \
+		  $(rt-path)/crtend.o \
+		  $(rt-path)/crtn.o
+
+.include <makefile>

ADDED   dist/GNUmakefile
Index: dist/GNUmakefile
==================================================================
--- dist/GNUmakefile
+++ dist/GNUmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# we need to detect the environment and set the runtime path appropriately
+ifndef      NIX_STORE
+else ifndef NIX_PATH
+else
+    distro = nix
+endif
+
+ifndef runtime
+    ifeq ($(distro),nix)
+        rt-pfx = $(shell nix path-info nixos.glibc)/lib
+    else ifeq ($(shell test -e /usr/local/lib/crt1.o; echo $$?),0)
+        rt-pfx = /usr/local/lib
+    else ifeq ($(shell test -e /lib/crt1.o; echo $$?),0)
+        rt-pfx = /lib
+    endif
+	runtime = $(rt-pfx)/crt1.o $(rt-pfx)/crti.o $(rt-pfx)/crtn.o
+endif
+
+include makefile

ADDED   dist/default.nix
Index: dist/default.nix
==================================================================
--- dist/default.nix
+++ dist/default.nix

ADDED   dist/makefile
Index: dist/makefile
==================================================================
--- dist/makefile
+++ dist/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# vim: ft=make
+runtime ?= /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o /usr/lib/crtn.o
+all: parsav parsavd
+
+%: %.o
+	ld -o $@ $< $(runtime) ${NIX_LDFLAGS} -L. -ljson-c -lpq -lmbedtls -lmbedcrypto -lmongoose -lc
+	strip @$
+
+%.o: %.ll
+	llc --filetype=obj --relocation-model=pic $<

ADDED   dist/readme.md
Index: dist/readme.md
==================================================================
--- dist/readme.md
+++ dist/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# parsav distribution
+to prepare a binary (or LLVM IR) distribution of parsav, simply `cd` into its directory and issue the command `make`. any version of `make` should work; you may need to manually set the location of the C runtime with the `runtime` variable if you're not using GNU or BSD make (e.g. `make runtime='crt1.o crti.o crtn.o' all`). certain distributions may need extra parameters to be passed to the makefile, or the makefile may need to be run in a particular environment, such as on `nix`.
+
+# dependencies
+the standard releases are built with most dependencies statically linked at compile time. several dependencies will need to be installed before linking parsav, however:
+
+ * libc: used for OS calls
+ * binutils: used to link and strip the binary
+ * libjsonc: used for fediverse integration
+ * libpq: used for the postgres backend (usually part of the postgres distribution)
+
+## makefile variables
+
+## special cases
+
+### nixos
+on nixos, `make` will not work unless you use `nix-shell` to enter an environment with all the dependencies available. however, if you just want to install parsav, you can use `default.nix` to build a package.

Index: makefile
==================================================================
--- makefile
+++ makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+version = dev
 dl = git
 dbg-flags = $(if $(dbg),-g)
 
 images = static/default-avatar.webp static/query.webp static/heart.webp static/retweet.webp static/reply.webp static/file.webp static/follow.webp
 #$(addsuffix .webp, $(basename $(wildcard static/*.svg)))
@@ -33,10 +34,25 @@
 	lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedcrypto.a \
 	lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedx509.a
 dep.mongoose: lib/mongoose/libmongoose.a
 dep.json-c: lib/json-c/libjson-c.a
 
+static-libs = lib/json-c/libjson-c.a \
+		      lib/mongoose/libmongoose.a \
+		      lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedx509.a \
+		      lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedcrypto.a \
+		      lib/mbedtls/library/libmbedtls.a
+
+dist-kind ?= o
+parsav-dist = parsav-$(dist-kind)dist-$(version)
+$(parsav-dist).txz: parsav.$(dist-kind) parsavd.$(dist-kind) dist/readme.md dist/GNUmakefile dist/BSDmakefile dist/makefile dist/default.nix $(static-libs)
+	mkdir -p $(parsav-dist)
+	cp -u $^ $(parsav-dist)/
+	tar cf   $(parsav-dist){.tar,}
+	xz -c9e  $(parsav-dist).tar > $@
+	rm -r    $(parsav-dist){.tar,}
+
 lib:
 	mkdir $@
 # generate a shim static library so mongoose cooperates
 # with the build apparatus. note that parsav is designed
 # to be fronted by a real web server like nginx if SSL
@@ -49,39 +65,40 @@
 		-DMG_ENABLE_HTTP_WEBSOCKET=0
 	ar rcs $@ lib/mongoose/*.o
 	ranlib $@
 
 lib/json-c/Makefile: lib/json-c lib/json-c/CMakeLists.txt
-	cd lib/json-c && cmake .
+	cd $< && cmake .
 lib/json-c/libjson-c.a: lib/json-c/Makefile
 	$(MAKE) -C lib/json-c
 lib/mbedtls/library/%.a: lib/mbedtls 
 	$(MAKE) -C lib/mbedtls/library $*.a
 
 ifeq ($(dl), git)
 clone = git clone --depth 1 # save time
-lib/mongoose: lib
-	cd lib && $(clone) https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose.git
-lib/mbedtls: lib
-	cd lib && $(clone) https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls.git
-lib/json-c: lib
-	cd lib && $(clone) https://github.com/json-c/json-c.git
+ensurelib = mkdir -p lib && cd lib
+lib/mongoose: 
+	$(ensurelib) && $(clone) https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose.git
+lib/mbedtls: 
+	$(ensurelib) && $(clone) https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls.git
+lib/json-c: 
+	$(ensurelib) && $(clone) https://github.com/json-c/json-c.git
 else
 lib/%: lib/%.tar.gz
-	cd lib && tar zxf $*.tar.gz
+	$(ensurelib) && tar zxf $*.tar.gz
 	mv lib/$$(tar tf $< | head -n1) $@
 
 ifeq ($(dl), wget)
-    dlfile = wget "$(1)" -O "$(2)"
+    dlfile = mkdir -p $(dir $@) && wget "$1" -O "$@"
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(dl), curl)
-    dlfile = curl "$(1)" -o "$(2)"
+    dlfile = mkdir -p $(dir $@) && curl "$1" -o "$@"
 endif
 
-lib/mongoose.tar.gz: lib
-	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/cesanta/mongoose/tarball/master,$@)
-lib/mbedtls.tar.gz: lib
-	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/ARMmbed/mbedtls/tarball/master,$@)
-lib/json-c.tar.gz: lib
-	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/json-c/json-c/tarball/master,$@)
+lib/mongoose.tar.gz:
+	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/cesanta/mongoose/tarball/master)
+lib/mbedtls.tar.gz:
+	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/ARMmbed/mbedtls/tarball/master)
+lib/json-c.tar.gz:
+	$(call dlfile,https://api.github.com/repos/json-c/json-c/tarball/master)
 endif

Index: parsav.t
==================================================================
--- parsav.t
+++ parsav.t
@@ -658,27 +658,30 @@
 end
 
 local holler = print
 local suffix = config.exe and '' or ('.'..config.outform)
 local out = 'parsavd' .. suffix
-local linkargs = {}
+local linkargs = {'-g'}
 local target = config.tgttrip and terralib.newtarget {
 	Triple = config.tgttrip;
 	CPU = config.tgtcpu;
 	FloatABIHard = config.tgthf;
 } or nil
-
 if bflag('quiet','q') then holler = function() end end
+
+if target then holler(' * building for triple ' .. tostring(target)) end
 if bflag('asan','s') then linkargs[#linkargs+1] = '-fsanitize=address' end
 if bflag('lsan','S') then linkargs[#linkargs+1] = '-fsanitize=leak' end
 
-for _,p in pairs(config.pkg) do util.append(linkargs, p.linkargs) end
+if config.exe then
+	for _,p in pairs(config.pkg) do util.append(linkargs, p.linkargs) end
+end
 local linkargs_d = linkargs -- controller is not multithreaded
 if config.posix then
 	linkargs_d[#linkargs_d+1] = '-pthread'
 end
 
-holler(' → linking \27[1mparsav\27[m with "' .. table.concat(linkargs,' ') .. '"')
+holler(' → writing \27[1mparsav\27[m with "' .. table.concat(linkargs,' ') .. '"')
 terralib.saveobj('parsav' ..suffix, { main = lib.mgtool }, linkargs, target)
 
-holler(' → linking \27[1mparsavd\27[m with "' .. table.concat(linkargs_d,' ') .. '"')
+holler(' → writing \27[1mparsavd\27[m with "' .. table.concat(linkargs_d,' ') .. '"')
 terralib.saveobj('parsavd'..suffix, { main = entry_daemon }, linkargs_d, target)