Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou wrote: > > One problem I see with Rust is that currently it does not integrate well > > with the GNU Build system, in particular with VPATH builds (see [3] for > > an example integration). Any improvements on that front would be welcome. > > > > [3] > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=tree;f=gettext-tools/examples/hello-rust;hb=HEAD > > What is the issue with VPATH builds?
The issue is that 'cargo' mandates a certain directory layout of the package, that is incompatible with VPATH builds. > I read the comments in > configure.ac of that link, it seems to copy certain files into the > build directory and then uses cargo. Would you rather if it used rustc > directly? How can a package not use 'cargo' if it needs some Rust libraries? It's very much possible that I did not see/find some "obvious" solution, though. > I can try to tackle support for Rust too. That would be welcome! Bruno
