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Hi everybody,

In my free time over the last few weeks I have been attempting to
cross-compile the rust compiler using the same method that was used to
add support for Dragonfly BSD.  I started with the scripts from the
Dragonfly effort and fixed them up to work with OpenBSD and Linux.
All of my code and documentation is here:

https://github.com/dhuseby/rust-cross-openbsd

Currently, I'm stuck on stage 3.  The part where all of the object
files from both OpenBSD and Linux need to be linked together into an
OpenBSD executable.  I'm pretty certain the reason stage 3 doesn't
complete is because of the old linker on OpenBSD.  At the bottom of
the README.md file I discuss some options on what to try next.  I have
also included build logs of all stages so that other people can see
the output without jumping through all of the hoops I did.

My options at this point are this:

1. Use the same version compiler/assembler/linker on Linux and OpenBSD
so that the object files will be more compatible.  Hopefully this will
allow stage 3 to finish linking.

2. Apply my OpenBSD target patches to Rust and build a Linux rust
compiler that knows how to target OpenBSD.  Then I use Linux emulation
on OpenBSD to run it to compile itself from scratch.

3. Figure out a way to get a newer linker working on OpenBSD.

Thoughts?  I'm looking for feedback.  Are my assumptions and ideas
right for why stage 3 doesn't successfully link?  Any other ideas on
what I can try?

- --dave
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