Experimental cygwin host support
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C-tracking-issue
O-cygwin
O-windows
T-libs
- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
While we do not yet formally support the cygwin target by distributing binaries, that is not because we do not wish for people to be able to build a rustc that uses cygwin as its host if they so please. I am opening this issue so that interested parties can track the progress on enabling a rustc to be built for cygwin. There's a few needed patches:
- compiler-builtins: https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-builtins/pull/774
- libc: https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/pull/4279
- std: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/137621
cc @Berrysoft
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the completed compiler-builtins, libc, and rust PRs linked in the checklist, then inspect the current Cygwin host build status. The issue does not name an uncompleted file, test, or concrete remaining change, so done would need to be defined before implementation can begin.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system, compilers, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100