rust-osdev / rust-osdev/bootimage
-Z flags not passed
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Description
Rust has a new feature on nightly which requires cargo build with a custom target to have the flag -Zjson-target-spec. This flag is not currently passed, which means that the tool fails to build.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the cargo build invocation used for custom targets and check how nightly-only flags are assembled. Confirm the -Zjson-target-spec flag is passed for the relevant build, then verify that the tool can build successfully with a custom target.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100