Re: Clarity on rust failures (NetBSD)

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 10:32:58PM +0200, Havard Eidnes wrote:
> > If the bootstrap is still broken on armv7 [...]
> 
> It has lagged behind; the latest bootstrap kit I've cross-built
> was 1.35.0.  I never succeeded in building rust natively on my
> emulated armv7hf system; it just reqires too much virtual memory
> in, I beleive, the linking stage.  So, yes, as far I am concerned
> even though the bootstrap may work, you can't build rust with it.
> 
> I did at the time hear some rumours that others had managed to
> build rust on armv7hf, but I didn't manage to replicate the
> trick.  Was it Nick who had a contact who made that claim?
> 
> Anyway, it seems highly unlikely this will be fixed in the short
> term.
> 
> > [...] can we switch to using librsvg-c on armv7 (especially if
> > this isn't fixed before freeze?)
> 
> No objection from here.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - Håvard

Are there any other platforms in a similar state that we should be
concerned about?