Re: [PATCH 1/4] ci(gitlab,windows): provision GNU Rust for SDK-based MinGW builds

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

Hi Patrick,

On Thu, 24 Sep 2026, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 12:12:10PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> > 
> > The minimal Git for Windows SDK already supplies Git and GCC. The
> > MinGW Makefile build needs the GNU Rust toolchain, not another Git
> > installation or Meson.
> 
> Huh, what's GNU Rust?

Sorry, poor wording. I meant the Rust toolchain compatible with GCC (as
opposed to the Rust toolchain producing Visual C-compatible libraries).

Will reword. Using `git history reword`, thank you so much for that!

> > Let the dependency installer serve this configuration while keeping
> > the existing package set for MSVC builds.
> 
> Okay. What's implicit here is that we in fact don't use this script at
> all at the current point in time for our MinGW build, we rather use the
> "install-sdk.ps1" script. I assume it will be wired up in the next step,
> so let's read on.

Correct. Will clarify the commit message.

> > diff --git a/ci/install-dependencies.ps1 b/ci/install-dependencies.ps1
> > index e3b367fa54..8c68fb0cfc 100755
> > --- a/ci/install-dependencies.ps1
> > +++ b/ci/install-dependencies.ps1
> > @@ -41,6 +42,17 @@ function Invoke-Installer {
> >      }
> >  }
> >  
> > +$rustTarget = if ($Mingw) { 'gnu' } else { 'msvc' }
> > +$rustMsi = Get-Installer "rust-$rustTarget.msi" (
> > +    "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/" +
> > +    "rust-$RustVersion-x86_64-pc-windows-$rustTarget.msi")
> > +Invoke-Installer msiexec.exe @('/i', $rustMsi, 'INSTALLDIR=C:\Rust',
> > +    'ADDLOCAL=Rustc,Cargo,Std', '/quiet', '/norestart')
> > +
> > +if ($Mingw) {
> > +    return
> > +}
> > +
> >  $gitAssetVersion = $GitVersion -replace '\.windows\.\d+$', ''
> >  $gitInstaller = Get-Installer "Git-Installer.exe" `
> >      "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v$GitVersion/PortableGit-$gitAssetVersion-64-bit.7z.exe"
> 
> Okay, so installing Rust is the only thing we will want to do on both
> MSVC and MinGW builds.

Precisely (or as Claude would say: You're absolutely right!),
Johannes