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rustc book does not document RUST_TARGET_PATH #128280

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lolbinarycat opened this issue Jul 27, 2024 · 1 comment · Fixed by #128285
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rustc book does not document RUST_TARGET_PATH #128280

lolbinarycat opened this issue Jul 27, 2024 · 1 comment · Fixed by #128285
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https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/targets/custom.html

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this environment variable controls how to look up custom targets, but it is completely undocumented. i had to read src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs in order to figure out how it works.
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rustc book: document how the RUST_TARGET_PATH variable is used
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based on the module comment in
rust/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs

Fixes rust-lang#128280
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Rollup merge of rust-lang#128285 - lolbinarycat:rustc-custom-targets,…
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… r=jieyouxu

rustc book: document how the RUST_TARGET_PATH variable is used

based on the module comment in
rust/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs

Fixes rust-lang#128280
matthiaskrgr added a commit to matthiaskrgr/rust that referenced this issue Jul 28, 2024
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Rollup merge of rust-lang#128285 - lolbinarycat:rustc-custom-targets,…
b801fab 
… r=jieyouxu

rustc book: document how the RUST_TARGET_PATH variable is used

based on the module comment in
rust/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs

Fixes rust-lang#128280
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Unrolled build for rust-lang#128285
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Rollup merge of rust-lang#128285 - lolbinarycat:rustc-custom-targets, r=jieyouxu

rustc book: document how the RUST_TARGET_PATH variable is used

based on the module comment in
rust/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs

Fixes rust-lang#128280
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