Re: rust-bin fails on netbsd-9 i386

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

>>> Normally as I recall I have a habit of using the cross-built bits
>>> (from a NetBSD/amd64 10.0-ish system), which doesn't end up with
>>> a dynamic dependency on LLVM or gcc from pkgsrc.  I'll admit that
>>> I can't off-hand recall why I did it that way this time around...
>>
>> How are we going to to fix it?   We should fix it and pullup to the
>> branch before applying any other rust changes.
>
> Agreed.  I can time-travel using git, and re-cross-build the i386
> bits, and it should be fairly smooth sailing from there onwards.

Sounds good, and thanks for fixing.

>> Is it feasible to have a spearate bootstrap for 8 and for 9/10, and
>> would the built-on-9 version be ok?
>
> Hmm...  Maybe.  There may have been an issue caused by GCC_REQD+=
> setting which triggered the current situation.  My memory is a
> little hazy about that, and my records don't tell.  I'll keep
> that in mind.  It's not impossible, I've done so for powerpc
> earlier, except by now I've basically abandoned rust for powerpc
> 8.0...

I guess it's too messy, and we are just about done with 8 anyway.