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Test rustup on cross-compile targets

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Description

People depend on rustup for all sorts of hardware that I don't have, and that isn't tested. It would be nice to verify that it actually works. Best to come up with some solution that works in a Docker container and can run cargo test against an emulator, probably qemu.

cc https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rustup.rs/issues/687

@japaric Do you have a solution for running tests against emulators for common targets?

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing rustup test setup and the related issue 687, then investigate how Docker can provide cross-compilation targets and how cargo test could run against an emulator such as QEMU. Done means a documented, repeatable test solution that verifies rustup on representative cross-compile targets.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, rust
Domain
devops, 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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