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| author | Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de> | 2023-09-02 10:30:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de> | 2023-09-02 10:34:49 +0200 |
| commit | 89619b8a0eaa003f3fe0b27d42b6657784a844d4 (patch) | |
| tree | e518ab54f3150bd243f49d9529d45d132d444f70 | |
| parent | ad8f601ca2ba6186de6e1b2b5f46f47e18013961 (diff) | |
| download | rust-89619b8a0eaa003f3fe0b27d42b6657784a844d4.tar.gz rust-89619b8a0eaa003f3fe0b27d42b6657784a844d4.zip | |
make it more clear what 'Tier 2' (without host tools) means
| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md index c1614d02f34..2cb0a8f3c17 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md @@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ Tools](#tier-1-with-host-tools). ## Tier 2 with Host Tools Tier 2 targets can be thought of as "guaranteed to build". The Rust project -builds official binary releases for each tier 2 target, and automated builds -ensure that each tier 2 target builds after each change. Automated tests are +builds official binary releases of the standard library (or, in some cases, +only the `core` library) for each tier 2 target, and automated builds +ensure that each tier 2 target can be used as build target after each change. Automated tests are not always run so it's not guaranteed to produce a working build, but tier 2 targets often work to quite a good degree and patches are always welcome! @@ -103,11 +104,12 @@ target | notes `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` | 64-bit Linux with MUSL [`x86_64-unknown-netbsd`](platform-support/netbsd.md) | NetBSD/amd64 -## Tier 2 +## Tier 2 without Host Tools Tier 2 targets can be thought of as "guaranteed to build". The Rust project -builds official binary releases for each tier 2 target, and automated builds -ensure that each tier 2 target builds after each change. Automated tests are +builds official binary releases of the standard library (or, in some cases, +only the `core` library) for each tier 2 target, and automated builds +ensure that each tier 2 target can be used as build target after each change. Automated tests are not always run so it's not guaranteed to produce a working build, but tier 2 targets often work to quite a good degree and patches are always welcome! For the full requirements, see [Tier 2 target |