cargo-zigbuild
cross-toolchains
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cargo-zigbuild
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Show HN: macOS-cross-compiler – Compile binaries for macOS on Linux
https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild
I’m curious what the blockers are for rustc to cross-compile like zig does natively.
- Cargo-zigbuild: Compile Rust using Zig as linker for easier cross compiling
- [Review] Introducing cargo-xwin: A Solution for Cross-Compiling Rust on macOS to MSVC
- Compiling Linux to Mac in CI/CD
- cargo-zigbuild 0.16 added support for (cross-)compiling macOS universal2 binaries/libraries
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Conditional compilation to avoid cross compilation
Perhaps you can try cargo-zigbuild, it uses zig-cc for cross-compilation instead of creating a container, so it should be much more lightweight on MacOS, without all the cost of virtualization and file sharing.
- Cross-compiling simple Rust code from Mac OS X to Raspberry Pi 4
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Future of Rust, 2023 and beyond?
I have tried, however I haven't been able to get it to work reliably (e.g. building on windows + linux on WSL works, Mac is a lot more involved; tried building for windows + linux on Mac and I couldn't get it to work at all); I've had some luck using zigbuild but that too doesn't seem to work for Mac.
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C2Rust Transpiler
Zig also takes this approach, and even exposes its C compiler (which if I recall correctly is basically Clang plus diverse sysroots and other customisation out of the box) as a separate `zig cc`.
I do a lot of work in Rust, and cross-compilation can be a pain when you have a lot of C dependencies. Fortunately https://github.com/messense/cargo-zigbuild exists. It sounds crazy, but using Zig's inbuilt C compiler to help build my Rust projects has been the smoothest option I've found.
I can't help but wonder if it would be worth it for Rust to follow D and Zig by shipping its own inbuilt C compiler, even if they still want to also support external C toolchains. It should be roughly the same effort as it was for Zig, given that they both use LLVM.
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Short story of Rust being amazing yet again (because it compiles on different architectures effortlessly)
Wait until you start using cargo zig-build. Suddenly it becomes way better than Go's cross compiler because you can seamlessly cross-compile rust AND C (thanks to Zig compiler of course). https://github.com/messense/cargo-zigbuild
cross-toolchains
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Compiling Linux to Mac in CI/CD
Looks like cross is the easiest way to get something cross-compiled but its Mac support is blocked behind building your own build image. Even that repo says that it might be broken.
- Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (13/2023)!
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Does anyone have resources on cross-compiling windows to mac?
Your target is not directly supported (licensing issues I presume), but there seems to be a way to create your own image and then use it. It's worth a try.
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Cross v0.2.2 Released
A lot of work has been spent making the process as painless as possible. A crosstool-ng image is slightly more complex, but still quite easy: you just need a valid config file. The basic logic can be found here, and cross-toolchains has a few more examples.
What are some alternatives?
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
cross - “Zero setup” cross compilation and “cross testing” of Rust crates
rust.aws-cdk-lambda - A CDK (v2) Construct Library for AWS Lambda in Rust
lxd-snapper - LXD snapshots, automated
aws-lambda-rust-runtime - A Rust runtime for AWS Lambda
webdriver-downloader - Cli Interface&Library for webdriver download.
serverless-rust-demo - Sample serverless application written in Rust
cargo-bisect-rustc - Bisects rustc, either nightlies or CI artifacts
terminal-typeracer
wasm-bindgen-serde-example
doom - DOOM translated from C to V.
ci - AppVeyor community support repository