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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: David Craven <david@craven.ch>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] gnu: Add rustc-bootstrap.
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:57:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871szwebjn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160928151538.11679-5-david@craven.ch> (David Craven's message of "Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:15:36 +0200")

David Craven <david@craven.ch> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/rust.scm (rustc-bootstrap, rust-bootstrap-x86_64-1.12.0):
>   New variables.

I believe this is a followup to my comments at
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-09/msg01993.html>,
right?

> +;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <david@craven.ch>

And Eric Le Bihan?  Or is this independent from Eric’s patch?

> +(define rust-bootstrap-x86_64-1.12.0

Add a comment saying that this is a pre-built binary.

> +  (origin
> +    (method url-fetch)
> +    (uri (string-append
> +          "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/"
> +          "rust-beta-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"))

This URL is unversioned, so the contents might change over time no?

> +               ;; Rust requires a gcc toolchain for linking. It
> +               ;; looks for a compiler named cc in it's path. This
> +               ;; can probably be configured during the build.

s/This can…/Thus, add a ‘cc’ symlink next to it./

> +    (home-page "https://www.rust-lang.org")
> +    (synopsis "Rustc bootstrap")

“Rust bootstrapping compiler”?

> +    (description "This package prepares the rustc binary for bootstrapping
> +the rustc package.")

“This package provides a pre-built @command{rustc} compiler, which can
in turn be used to build the final Rust compiler.”

Thanks,
Ludo’.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-10-04  8:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-28 15:15 [PATCH 1/7] build-system: Add cargo build system David Craven
2016-09-28 15:15 ` [PATCH 2/7] import: Add importer for rust crates David Craven
2016-10-04  9:14   ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-28 15:15 ` [PATCH 3/7] import: crate: Add crate updater David Craven
2016-10-04  9:05   ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-28 15:15 ` [PATCH 4/7] upstream: Use a the first url from urls when find2 returns #f David Craven
2016-09-28 15:19   ` David Craven
2016-10-04  9:07     ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-28 15:15 ` [PATCH 5/7] gnu: Add rustc-bootstrap David Craven
2016-09-28 15:20   ` David Craven
2016-09-29 12:35     ` David Craven
2016-10-04  8:57   ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-10-04  9:11     ` ng0
2016-10-04 13:09       ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-04 13:55         ` ng0
2016-10-04 13:59           ` David Craven
2016-10-04 14:11             ` ng0
2016-10-04  8:59   ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-28 15:15 ` [PATCH 6/7] gnu: Add cargo-bootstrap David Craven
2016-10-04  9:11   ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-28 15:15 ` [PATCH 7/7] gnu: Add rust-libc David Craven
2016-09-30  7:21 ` [PATCH 1/7] build-system: Add cargo build system Ricardo Wurmus
2016-09-30 10:49   ` David Craven
2016-10-04  9:03 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-09 12:17   ` ng0
2016-12-09 14:17     ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-11 19:47       ` David Craven
2016-12-13 17:15         ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-13 18:07           ` David Craven
2016-12-13 22:11             ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-14 11:48               ` David Craven
2016-12-15 15:45                 ` Ludovic Courtès

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