"fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler"
"fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler"
Posted Feb 13, 2021 22:20 UTC (Sat) by sthibaul (✭ supporter ✭, #54477)In reply to: "fringe platforms which can't even run a Rust compiler" by Cyberax
Parent article: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo
> You'll need to port the libc crate to that OS as well, but this will be a pretty small task overall compared to the amount of work you have to do.
As I mentioned in other comments, porting the libc create is currently *not* a small task, you have to go over all system-provided libc headers to check for precise bits and bytes. This step deserves some automation, like perl/python/etc. have.
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