[rust-dev] Generate Linux executable from rustc on mac

[rust-dev] Generate Linux executable from rustc on mac

[C K Kashyap]

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Hi,
I'd like to build executables that can run on Linux using rust on mac. What
configuration do I need to build rustc (on mac) with?

./configure --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
does not seem to work.

Regards,
Kashyap

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Re: [rust-dev] Generate Linux executable from rustc on mac

[C K Kashyap]

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+rust-dev

On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 1:53 PM, C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com> wrote:

> Luckily a workaround seems to work for me - I've updated the bug with the
> same -
> ----update in the bug---
>
> For what it's worth I have a workaorund that works for me -
>
> On my mac machine, do the following
> 1. Compile the rust file (that's supposed to emit the static library)
> using --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -L library_path (library_path is
> the location where I've copied libcompiler-rt.a and libmorestack.a from the
> linux rust build)
> 2. Unarchive the generated .a file (ar x ) and then use the .o files (only
> the necessary .o files) in the final linking
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 8:48 AM, C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for pointing out Brian ... I had also opened an issue for this -
>>
>> #21308 - closed it for now.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kashyap
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 1:00 AM, Brian Anderson <banderson@mozilla.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> While this would be awesome, the build system generally needs explicit
>>> support for every cross-compile scenario, and I don't believe anybody has
>>> ever done this one yet.
>>>
>>> Here's some previous discussion,
>>> https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/16259
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:05 PM, C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I'd like to build executables that can run on Linux using rust on mac.
>>>> What configuration do I need to build rustc (on mac) with?
>>>>
>>>> ./configure --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>>>> does not seem to work.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Kashyap
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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