Messages in this thread |  | | From | David Laight <> | Subject | RE: Linux kernel in-tree Rust support | Date | Tue, 14 Jul 2020 08:27:20 +0000 |
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From: Adrian Bunk > Sent: 12 July 2020 21:45 .... > Rust gets updated frequently. > Sometimes this also changes the LLVM version used by Rust. > Debian stable supports targets like ARMv5 and 32bit MIPS. > Distribution kernel updates are often automatically installed > on user hardware.
This reminds me of why I never want to use an online compiler service - never mind how hard companies push them.
If I need to do a bug-fix build of something that was released 2 (or more) years ago I want to use exactly the same toolchain (warts and all) that was used for the original build.
If the compiler has changed I need to do a full test - just in case it compiles some 'dodgy' code differently. With the same compiler I only need to test the fix.
David
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