That definitely helps. However, the lack of deterministic compiler output means that the distributed rustc binaries cannot be independently verified, and each user must recompile themselves. Also, mrustc has only a single maintainer at this time.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2018, 18:07 Zaki Manian <zman...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is no longer true. > > The rust compiler can be bootstrapped with an independent implementation > > https://github.com/thepowersgang/mrustc#progress > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 6:05 PM Devrandom via zapps-wg > <zapps...@lists.z.cash.foundation> wrote: > >> As a reminder - the issue is that we can't prove that the Rust compiler >> is malware free, because it is compiled with itself. >> >> The submitted issue is here: >> https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/48707 >> >> -- > US phone:+1 (650) 492-8286 > http://www.google.com/profiles/zmanian >
