From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45198) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9fkr-0002IZ-BW for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:20:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9fko-0005BI-5C for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:20:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36732) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9fko-0005B8-0i for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:20:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g9fkn-0004ra-Rq for guix-patches@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:20:01 -0400 Subject: [bug#32834] [PATCH] gnu: icecat: Build with rust-1.24. Resent-Message-ID: From: Mark H Weaver References: <20180925044904.23530-1-efraim@flashner.co.il> <87lg7kvuhz.fsf@gnu.org> <4F179DDB-1E56-44ED-8F7D-A088BB30905E@flashner.co.il> <20181001090338.aflixd7cezx2sicp@abyayala> <87r2h8so8b.fsf@gnu.org> <20181002094713.wicniziznzna24fv@abyayala> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:18:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20181002094713.wicniziznzna24fv@abyayala> (Nils Gillmann's message of "Tue, 2 Oct 2018 09:47:13 +0000") Message-ID: <875zyc2cr8.fsf@netris.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Nils Gillmann Cc: 32834@debbugs.gnu.org Nils Gillmann writes: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s transcribed 1.2K bytes: >> Nils Gillmann skribis: >>=20 >> > Efraim Flashner transcribed 782 bytes: >> >>=20 >> >>=20 >> >> On September 29, 2018 9:55:36 PM UTC, ludo@gnu.org wrote: >> >> >Hi Efraim, >> >> > >> >> >Efraim Flashner skribis: >> >> > >> >> >> * gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm (icecat)[native-inputs]: Use the oldest >> >> >> compatable rust over newer releases when building icecat. >> >> > >> >> >[...] >> >> > >> >> >> + ;; Icecat 60 checkes for rust>=3D1.24 >> >> >> + `(("rust" ,rust-1.24) >> >> >> + ("cargo" ,rust-1.24 "cargo") >> >> > >> >> >I suppose the goal is to reduce the build chain, right? >> >>=20 >> >> Right. Currently each round of rust takes about 12 hours on my >> >> fast aarch64 board. This built successfully on aarch64 and ng0 >> >> was able to build and test it on x86_64. >> > >> > It is convenient (less than 36 hours build, build only one version of >> > rust), but I have to second the doubt about CVEs. >> > Mark, have you considered asking Mozilla about their recommended >> > strategy wrt chosing the right rust for a Firefox-based browser >> > building and implications of using an older rust for crates already >> > in Firefox? >>=20 >> I suspect Mozilla is not paying attention to bootstrapping issues the >> way we do, so they=E2=80=99d probably recommend just using the latest Ru= st >> version. >>=20 >> Ludo=E2=80=99. > > Turns out they have it documented: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Rust_Update_P= olicy_for_Firefox > for 60: > Firefox Version Requires Rust release date Firefox release d= ate > Firefox 60 Rust 1.24.0 2018 February 15 2018 May 9 I'm okay with switching our IceCat package to use rust-1.24. Thanks, Mark