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[PATCH] gnu: icecat: Build with rust-1.24.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Nils Gillmann <ng0 <at> n0.is>
Cc: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>, 32834 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Subject: Re: [bug#32834] [PATCH] gnu: icecat: Build with rust-1.24.
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:16:04 +0200

Nils Gillmann <ng0 <at> n0.is> skribis:

> Efraim Flashner transcribed 782 bytes:
>> 
>> 
>> On September 29, 2018 9:55:36 PM UTC, ludo <at> gnu.org wrote:
>> >Hi Efraim,
>> >
>> >Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il> 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’.

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