v5.0.0
./aarch64-linux-user/qemu-aarch64: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=1521984faacf9472c1df8fe37c2a0fb5e2f55aba, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped
v4.2.0
./aarch64-linux-user/qemu-aarch64: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=f646a883f4f587f17be145a4033d201c2579effa, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped
FYI 4.2 also shows the warnings like
(.text+0x277): warning: Using 'getpwuid' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
So that might have been a red herring
Confirmed to recreate from git as well:
v5.0.0 linux-user/ qemu-aarch64: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, BuildID[ sha1]=1521984fa acf9472c1df8fe3 7c2a0fb5e2f55ab a, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped
./aarch64-
v4.2.0 linux-user/ qemu-aarch64: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), statically linked, BuildID[ sha1]=f646a883f 4f587f17be145a4 033d201c2579eff a, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, with debug_info, not stripped
./aarch64-
FYI 4.2 also shows the warnings like
(.text+0x277): warning: Using 'getpwuid' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
So that might have been a red herring