GNU Linux-libre 6.15-rc7-gnu: rust help needed

[Benson Muite]

On Fri, May 23, 2025, at 12:44 AM, bill-auger wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2025 07:44:02 -0300 Alexandre wrote:
>> Could you please confirm that NOVA_CORE was enabled in .config?
>

The blobs are removed, but it does not appear in the config:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/fed500/linux-libre/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/09073872-linux-libre/builder-live.log.gz

It seems like it explicitly needs to be enabled, or an additional dependency is needed in addition to Rust.

Build commands:

https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/fed500/linux-libre/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/09073872-linux-libre/linux-libre.spec

> $ grep NOVA_CORE .config
>
> empty result for me (make olddefconfig) - should i have defined it explicitly?
> - or maybe i should `make defconfig` to see it?
>
> FWIW, the rust compiler is not installed in that build chroot - ive never added
> it to the recipe and ive not yet had trouble building linux-libre without it -
> but maybe that is why NOVA_CORE is not configured - does it simply decline to
> compile any rust if the rust compiler is not present, ie: all rust components
> are strictly optional?
>
> the build is running now - is this still an interesting experiment if rust is
> not installed or 'NOVA_CORE' does not appear .config ? - or otherwise it is an
> ordinary build and i should i stop it and re-configure for the experiment?