Please forgive me if I am misunderstanding your question. As Ken pointed out, the rust-bootstrap binaries are generated just fine. I suppose it might be possible to include https://packages.macports.org/ in the `master_sites` of the Rust port. I am afraid I would have to thing about that a little.
-Marcus > On Dec 22, 2022, at 2:30 AM, Chris Jones <jon...@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> On 22 Dec 2022, at 4:02 am, mcalh...@macports.org wrote: >> >> >> As many of you know, the Rust compiler is self-hosting, so Rust is required >> to build Rust. >> The problem is that the Rust binaries provided by upstream only work on >> macOS 10.9 and above. >> >> To get around this, there is a rust-bootstrap port that build Rust binaries >> on 10.9+ intended to build Rust on previous macOS version. >> Currently, these binaries are stored on using my personal GitHub account. >> >> So the entire upgrade process is essentially: >> 1) Update the version in rust-bootstrap. >> 2) Build Rust binaries on a 10.9 VM. >> 3) Upload Rust binaries to GitHub account. >> 4) On older machines, use MacPorts Rust binaries to build Rust. >> On newer machines, us the upstream provides binaries to build Rust. >> >> This is far from ideal, but it has allowed us to get Rust working back to >> 10.5 (both i386 and x86_64). >> >> This entire procedure may be modified, and there are a few suggestions on >> the mailing list >> (https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2022-December/thread.html#44855). >> >> However, until consensus is reached about major changes, it would be nice to >> make some incremental improvements. >> >> The easiest change: does anyone know of a better place to store the MacPorts >> generated binaries? >> >> More challenging: can anyone think of a way to automate the process of >> building the MacPorts Rust binaries after rust-bootstrap is update? > > I am sure I am missing something but if the bootstrap binaries are generated > via a port, rust-bootstrap, why cannot the usual mechanism for distributing > the port as a binary not be used ? > > Chris > >> >> -Marcus
