Re: [PATCH 4/4] ci(gitlab,windows): provide GNU Rust's host-linker support
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
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- Sep 24, 2026, 11:22 UTC
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On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 12:12:13PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> > > GitLab's MinGW job cannot find `x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc` when linking > gitcore's build script: > https://gitlab.com/dscho/git1/-/jobs/16593470275 > > Although gitcore is a static library, Cargo first links `build.rs` > as a host executable. We omitted the GNU MSI's `Gcc` feature, which > supplies the required linker and platform libraries: > https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/1.96.0/src/etc/installer/msi/rust.wxs
Hm. Does that mean that we now have two versions of GCC available, once via the MinGW environment and once via Rust?
Thanks!
Patrick