On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 07:46:27PM -0800, Dave Huseby wrote: > 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.
Linux emul only works on OpenBSD/i386 iirc.. Did you try communicating with the dfly developer to exchange ideas on the issues you encounter, and the upstream developers ? Anyway, your effort is appreciated. I'll port servo on top as soon as rust is working :) Landry
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