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| author | Joshua Nelson <jyn514@gmail.com> | 2020-09-08 20:14:05 -0400 |
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| committer | Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@gmail.com> | 2020-09-09 21:39:55 +0200 |
| commit | cbdf90fd573906b92ece5ef4f75b2293576e036e (patch) | |
| tree | f25defa4b15a71345d12bbbc1895cc04a7d9d709 /src/doc/rustc-dev-guide | |
| parent | 447654ef9e02be29b5ea18252854b07f553282c5 (diff) | |
| download | rust-cbdf90fd573906b92ece5ef4f75b2293576e036e.tar.gz rust-cbdf90fd573906b92ece5ef4f75b2293576e036e.zip | |
Document how to promote a target from cross-compiled to hosted
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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/new-target.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/new-target.md index 24d47edad7e..022f8f1fb08 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/new-target.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/new-target.md @@ -99,3 +99,12 @@ compiler/rustc library/std If your target specification is already available in the bootstrap compiler, you can use it instead of the JSON file for both arguments. + +## Promoting a target from tier 2 (target) to tier 2 (host) + +There are two levels of tier 2 targets: +a) Targets that are only cross-compiled (`rustup target add`) +b) Targets that have a native toolchain (`rustup toolchain install`) + +For an example of promoting a target from cross-compiled to native, +see [!75914](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/75914). |