bug#62105: closed ([PATCH] gnu: zig: make zig build for a baseline cpu)

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> [PATCH] gnu: zig: make zig build for a baseline cpu
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> Fri, 10 Mar 2023 22:01:12 +0000
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> This patch fixes a `Illegal instruction` issue when running Zig.
> It happens because Zig compiles with optimizations for the current
> machine, which may add instructions that are not compatible with
> some target machines. This flag makes it build for a baseline cpu.
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> Tested with:
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> qemu-x86_64 -cpu Broadwell-v2 
> /gnu/store/zzi23y4mab8zl58hdd740xz3814vy24w-zig-0.10.1/bin/zig build
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> And:
> qemu-x86_64 -cpu Broadwell-v4 
> /gnu/store/zzi23y4mab8zl58hdd740xz3814vy24w-zig-0.10.1/bin/zig build
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> It worked.
> It follows what Arch does:
> https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/31055e6750a5672ebbd85114fe7a93163f8af575/trunk/PKGBUILD#L30
> And NixOS:
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/215994/commits/26b9a2f4a1a53e6763aa83590aad0fce5013a458
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> Hope this helps.
> Best,
> Ekaitz
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> >From 8dbb801ba7df6cc64c003e8f1739117c8dda6a75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech>
> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 22:52:19 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: zig: make zig build for a baseline cpu
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> * gnu/packages/zig.scm(zig-0.10): Add -DZIG_TARGET_MCPU=baseline
>   configure flag.
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>  gnu/packages/zig.scm | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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> diff --git a/gnu/packages/zig.scm b/gnu/packages/zig.scm
> index 5414b5ba6e..2c89343cb1 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/zig.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/zig.scm
> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ (define-public zig-0.10
>                     '(string-append "-DZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE="
>                                     (%current-target-system))
>                     '())
> +             (string-append "-DZIG_TARGET_MCPU=baseline")
>               (string-append "-DZIG_LIB_DIR=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
>                              "/lib/zig"))
>         #:validate-runpath? #f       ; TODO: zig binary can't find ld-linux.
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> Am Sonntag, dem 12.03.2023 um 10:01 +0000 schrieb Ekaitz Zarraga:
> > Thank you Liliana, and sorry for the inconvenience.
> No problem.
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> Pushed.
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