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Tracking issue for better testing for dist artifacts

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Description

This is a tracking issue for improving the testing for dist artifacts (including but not limited to, dist compilers and dist components like rustc-src).

As of the time of writing, much of dist components are not really tested or exercised in a basic way (modulo tests through opt-dist, but not all dist artifacts go through opt-dist).

Example regressions
  • #136795

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the tracking issue and the existing opt-dist testing path, then identify which dist artifacts, including dist compilers and rustc-src, are not exercised. Done means adding basic coverage for the relevant artifacts and preventing regressions like #136795.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
build-system, release, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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