Re: [PATCH 4/4] ci(gitlab,windows): provide GNU Rust's host-linker support

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Patrick,

On Thu, 24 Sep 2026, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 12:12:13PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > 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?

I don't think that Rust produces intermediate C by default, so no, this
would include a second version of GCC. It will just make sure that the
installed Rust version can produce libraries that GCC can link to.

Ciao,
Johannes