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LLVM and RUST NOTES
At least currently, the inclusion of the rustc compiler (and the llvm
dependency) is purely for the build system. For example, the python
cryptography package requires a rust compiler to build.
Hobbyists and users who need LLVM and/or rust should probably build their own rather than use the packages, perhaps if there is enough demand then a repository could be spawned for it with better build options to suit the needs of those who use them.
Rust requires an OpenSSL API to build (maybe can be disabled?) and has not yet caught up with LibreSSL 3.7.2.
That will happen apparently in July with the changes already queued for the 1.71.0 build of rustc.
However for me that is a bit problematic. If it takes that long for a new stable series of LibreSSL to be supported in the released version of rustc even though support has been added in a development branch, then I may need to learn how to merge the development changes into the released version. It is also problematic because sometimes newer versions of rustc break the ability to build something and built just fine with an earlier version of rustc.
I do not want to be forced to delay adopting a new LibreSSL version just because a package intended for the build system does not yet have support for it.
It looks like a rust compiler is coming to GCC and may even be usable by the GCC 14 series---which I suspect will be out before I have a YJL installer.
As far as compiling the python cryptography package, hopefully using a GCC rust compiler when it is ready would be good enough.
For the present, there will not be an installer by July 2023 so waiting for rustc 1.71.0 at present is not too problematic.