ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> writes: > I can testbuild rustc and give some input. > > Additionally, we're having conversations about rust, today this came up: > > > dev @> Very interesting: > https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1200-cargo-install.md > " it's not clear that this is worthwhile enough to support installing > libraries yet." > on bootstraping: > https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2014-June/010222.html > > dev @> apparently cargo is not designed to use system paths to find dynamic > libraries > by default libraries are downloaded from github and stored in a cache > directory > > > How problematic will this be for us? Our person in charge for the rust > stuff works around this by including copies of the libraries in a folder > named 'third_party', but I don't understand enough of the language and > lack a build system at the moment.
These two links should be useful too, so it might not be that hard to establish a build system. http://doc.crates.io/source-replacement.html http://doc.crates.io/specifying-dependencies.html > David Craven <da...@craven.ch> writes: > >> I haven't actually built rustc yet, because I know how long it takes... >> >>> + (ld-so (string-append >>> + (assoc-ref inputs "libc") >>> + ,(glibc-dynamic-linker))) >> >>> + ;; Remove reference to "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" >>> from binary >>> + (zero? (system* >>> + "patchelf" >>> + "--set-interpreter" ld-so >> >> I think that this should be part of the a rustc-bootstrap package. We >> shouldn't export binaries to the user, but I think we need a fully >> functional bootstrap compiler. >> >>> + (setenv "SHELL" (which "sh")) >>> + (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (which "sh")) >>> + ;; Tell where to find libgcc_s.so >>> + (setenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" (string-append gcc-lib >>> "/lib")) >> >> I think this should be a separate phase. We can then use >> #:configure-flags to pass --default-linker etc. >> >>> + #:tests? #f)) >> >> To get tests enabled you can apply this patch [0]. >> >> [0] >> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/patches/disable-lockfile-check.patch >> > > -- > ng0 > For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org > > -- ng0