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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: Respect HOSTCC when linking for host
To:     Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>,
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On 9/15/23 14:28, Matthew Maurer wrote:
> Currently, rustc defaults to invoking `cc`, even if `HOSTCC` is defined,
> resulting in build failures in hermetic environments where `cc` does not
> exist. This includes both hostprogs and proc-macros.
> 
> Since we are setting the linker to `HOSTCC`, we set the linker flavor to
> `gcc` explicitly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
> ---
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>