Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:29:09 -0400 From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> To: Charlie Li <ml+freebsd@vishwin.info>, gecko@freebsd.org Cc: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> Subject: rust and llvm (Re: Firefox and llvm) Message-ID: <3721716b-2dc0-79ea-43b4-7e99eb131822@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <f9e2352b-5782-5276-1234-c76d3fa0d4e1@vishwin.info> References: <96bcddaf-f310-34b3-70c6-6a223f5f8b6c@aldan.algebra.com> <5zp5-yp43-wny@FreeBSD.org> <64325580-58fa-be6a-6045-58c5409ddb20@aldan.algebra.com> <y321-osmi-wny@FreeBSD.org> <a1248947-bdb6-ddb8-5eb3-6485b91656e5@aldan.algebra.com> <f9e2352b-5782-5276-1234-c76d3fa0d4e1@vishwin.info>
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On 17.06.19 00:10, Charlie Li wrote:
> Rust will not revert back to providing an option to use an external
> LLVM. Rust needs to use its own LLVM, which not only tracks upstream
> trunk, but has been forked and a few API bits added (which will not be
> upstreamed) for Rust use. Some of these API bits are required to build
> gecko@ programs.
This is most unfortunate. Can we have these few API bits added to our
own port(s) of LLVM? And, maybe, even to the base? Yours,
-mi
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