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[bug#32834] [PATCH] gnu: icecat: Build with rust-1.24.
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
[bug#32834] [PATCH] gnu: icecat: Build with rust-1.24. |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:16:04 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Nils Gillmann <address@hidden> skribis:
> Efraim Flashner transcribed 782 bytes:
>>
>>
>> On September 29, 2018 9:55:36 PM UTC, address@hidden wrote:
>> >Hi Efraim,
>> >
>> >Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> skribis:
>> >
>> >> * gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm (icecat)[native-inputs]: Use the oldest
>> >> compatable rust over newer releases when building icecat.
>> >
>> >[...]
>> >
>> >> + ;; Icecat 60 checkes for rust>=1.24
>> >> + `(("rust" ,rust-1.24)
>> >> + ("cargo" ,rust-1.24 "cargo")
>> >
>> >I suppose the goal is to reduce the build chain, right?
>>
>> 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?
I suspect Mozilla is not paying attention to bootstrapping issues the
way we do, so they’d probably recommend just using the latest Rust
version.
Ludo’.