diff --git a/config.toml.example b/config.toml.example index a3790c8d202..a2f64e6b705 100644 --- a/config.toml.example +++ b/config.toml.example @@ -250,14 +250,11 @@ # Whether or not `panic!`s generate backtraces (RUST_BACKTRACE) #backtrace = true -# The default linker that will be used by the generated compiler. Note that this -# is not the linker used to link said compiler. +# The default linker that will be hard-coded into the generated compiler for +# targets that don't specify linker explicitly in their target specifications. +# Note that this is not the linker used to link said compiler. #default-linker = "cc" -# The default ar utility that will be used by the generated compiler if LLVM -# cannot be used. Note that this is not used to assemble said compiler. -#default-ar = "ar" - # The "channel" for the Rust build to produce. The stable/beta channels only # allow using stable features, whereas the nightly and dev channels allow using # nightly features diff --git a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs index 335e1690a2e..b1c630a8de9 100644 --- a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs +++ b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs @@ -560,9 +560,6 @@ pub fn rustc_cargo(build: &Build, if let Some(ref s) = build.config.rustc_default_linker { cargo.env("CFG_DEFAULT_LINKER", s); } - if let Some(ref s) = build.config.rustc_default_ar { - cargo.env("CFG_DEFAULT_AR", s); - } } #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)] diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/config.rs index c8b2ed042c1..5fb5eb3b7f1 100644 --- a/src/bootstrap/config.rs +++ b/src/bootstrap/config.rs @@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ pub struct Config { pub rust_debuginfo_only_std: bool, pub rust_rpath: bool, pub rustc_default_linker: Option, - pub rustc_default_ar: Option, pub rust_optimize_tests: bool, pub rust_debuginfo_tests: bool, pub rust_dist_src: bool, @@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ struct Rust { use_jemalloc: Option, backtrace: Option, default_linker: Option, - default_ar: Option, channel: Option, musl_root: Option, rpath: Option, @@ -464,7 +462,6 @@ impl Config { set(&mut config.quiet_tests, rust.quiet_tests); set(&mut config.test_miri, rust.test_miri); config.rustc_default_linker = rust.default_linker.clone(); - config.rustc_default_ar = rust.default_ar.clone(); config.musl_root = rust.musl_root.clone().map(PathBuf::from); match rust.codegen_units { diff --git a/src/bootstrap/configure.py b/src/bootstrap/configure.py index 67337bf4421..29ffa2c926d 100755 --- a/src/bootstrap/configure.py +++ b/src/bootstrap/configure.py @@ -119,9 +119,8 @@ v("experimental-targets", "llvm.experimental-targets", "experimental LLVM targets to build") v("release-channel", "rust.channel", "the name of the release channel to build") -# Used on systems where "cc" and "ar" are unavailable +# Used on systems where "cc" is unavailable v("default-linker", "rust.default-linker", "the default linker") -v("default-ar", "rust.default-ar", "the default ar") # Many of these are saved below during the "writing configuration" step # (others are conditionally saved). diff --git a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs index 3d4aa0413db..b57661715cc 100644 --- a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs +++ b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ fn make_win_dist( } } - let target_tools = ["gcc.exe", "ld.exe", "ar.exe", "dlltool.exe", "libwinpthread-1.dll"]; + let target_tools = ["gcc.exe", "ld.exe", "dlltool.exe", "libwinpthread-1.dll"]; let mut rustc_dlls = vec!["libstdc++-6.dll", "libwinpthread-1.dll"]; if target_triple.starts_with("i686-") { rustc_dlls.push("libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll"); diff --git a/src/doc/man/rustc.1 b/src/doc/man/rustc.1 index 6c80f11fa72..0bb41cee2c5 100644 --- a/src/doc/man/rustc.1 +++ b/src/doc/man/rustc.1 @@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ never colorize output. .SH CODEGEN OPTIONS -.TP -\fBar\fR=\fI/path/to/ar\fR -Path to the archive utility to use when assembling archives. .TP \fBlinker\fR=\fI/path/to/cc\fR Path to the linker utility to use when linking libraries, executables, and diff --git a/src/librustc/session/config.rs b/src/librustc/session/config.rs index fc1c5e187ec..9ffb3ac332e 100644 --- a/src/librustc/session/config.rs +++ b/src/librustc/session/config.rs @@ -864,8 +864,7 @@ options! {CodegenOptions, CodegenSetter, basic_codegen_options, build_codegen_options, "C", "codegen", CG_OPTIONS, cg_type_desc, cgsetters, ar: Option = (None, parse_opt_string, [UNTRACKED], - "tool to assemble archives with (has no effect currently, \ - rustc doesn't use an external archiver)"), + "this option is deprecated and does nothing"), linker: Option = (None, parse_opt_string, [UNTRACKED], "system linker to link outputs with"), link_arg: Vec = (vec![], parse_string_push, [UNTRACKED], diff --git a/src/librustc_back/build.rs b/src/librustc_back/build.rs index 16f0872b25a..6f6fde1e9e7 100644 --- a/src/librustc_back/build.rs +++ b/src/librustc_back/build.rs @@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ fn main() { println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs"); println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFG_DEFAULT_LINKER"); - println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFG_DEFAULT_AR"); } diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/asmjs_unknown_emscripten.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/asmjs_unknown_emscripten.rs index 033e840f202..a54627279b0 100644 --- a/src/librustc_back/target/asmjs_unknown_emscripten.rs +++ b/src/librustc_back/target/asmjs_unknown_emscripten.rs @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pub fn target() -> Result { let opts = TargetOptions { linker: cmd("emcc"), - ar: cmd("emar"), dynamic_linking: false, executables: true, diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs index 039e0153656..1d0fc3cf6e5 100644 --- a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs +++ b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs @@ -268,8 +268,6 @@ pub struct TargetOptions { /// Linker to invoke. Defaults to "cc". pub linker: String, - /// Archive utility to use when managing archives. Defaults to "ar". - pub ar: String, /// Linker arguments that are unconditionally passed *before* any /// user-defined libraries. @@ -439,7 +437,6 @@ impl Default for TargetOptions { TargetOptions { is_builtin: false, linker: option_env!("CFG_DEFAULT_LINKER").unwrap_or("cc").to_string(), - ar: option_env!("CFG_DEFAULT_AR").unwrap_or("ar").to_string(), pre_link_args: LinkArgs::new(), post_link_args: LinkArgs::new(), asm_args: Vec::new(), @@ -680,7 +677,6 @@ impl Target { key!(is_builtin, bool); key!(linker); - key!(ar); key!(pre_link_args, link_args); key!(pre_link_objects_exe, list); key!(pre_link_objects_dll, list); @@ -872,7 +868,6 @@ impl ToJson for Target { target_option_val!(is_builtin); target_option_val!(linker); - target_option_val!(ar); target_option_val!(link_args - pre_link_args); target_option_val!(pre_link_objects_exe); target_option_val!(pre_link_objects_dll); diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_experimental_emscripten.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_experimental_emscripten.rs index 71668444d9a..a261c982b3f 100644 --- a/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_experimental_emscripten.rs +++ b/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_experimental_emscripten.rs @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ pub fn target() -> Result { let opts = TargetOptions { linker: cmd("emcc"), - ar: cmd("emar"), dynamic_linking: false, executables: true, diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_unknown_emscripten.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_unknown_emscripten.rs index e6584addf4a..197c1f7a4da 100644 --- a/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_unknown_emscripten.rs +++ b/src/librustc_back/target/wasm32_unknown_emscripten.rs @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ pub fn target() -> Result { let opts = TargetOptions { linker: cmd("emcc"), - ar: cmd("emar"), dynamic_linking: false, executables: true, diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/windows_msvc_base.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/windows_msvc_base.rs index 42a4e6f5f11..64df6624dd1 100644 --- a/src/librustc_back/target/windows_msvc_base.rs +++ b/src/librustc_back/target/windows_msvc_base.rs @@ -21,37 +21,6 @@ pub fn opts() -> TargetOptions { TargetOptions { function_sections: true, linker: "link.exe".to_string(), - // When taking a look at the value of this `ar` field, one might expect - // `lib.exe` to be the value here! The `lib.exe` program is the default - // tool for managing `.lib` archives on Windows, but unfortunately the - // compiler cannot use it. - // - // To recap, we use `ar` here to manage rlibs (which are just archives). - // LLVM does not expose bindings for modifying archives so we have to - // invoke this utility for write operations (e.g. deleting files, adding - // files, etc). Normally archives only have object files within them, - // but the compiler also uses archives for storing metadata and - // compressed bytecode, so we don't exactly fall within "normal use - // cases". - // - // MSVC's `lib.exe` tool by default will choke when adding a non-object - // file to an archive, which we do on a regular basis, making it - // inoperable for us. Luckily, however, LLVM has already rewritten `ar` - // in the form of `llvm-ar` which is built by default when we build - // LLVM. This tool, unlike `lib.exe`, works just fine with non-object - // files, so we use it instead. - // - // Note that there's a few caveats associated with this: - // - // * This still requires that the *linker* (the consumer of rlibs) will - // ignore non-object files. Thankfully `link.exe` on Windows does - // indeed ignore non-object files in archives. - // * This requires `llvm-ar.exe` to be distributed with the compiler - // itself, but we already make sure of this elsewhere. - // - // Perhaps one day we won't even need this tool at all and we'll just be - // able to make library calls into LLVM! - ar: "llvm-ar.exe".to_string(), dynamic_linking: true, executables: true, dll_prefix: "".to_string(), diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_rumprun_netbsd.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_rumprun_netbsd.rs index ab5a6f71ebc..18f6380b6ee 100644 --- a/src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_rumprun_netbsd.rs +++ b/src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_rumprun_netbsd.rs @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub fn target() -> TargetResult { base.cpu = "x86-64".to_string(); base.pre_link_args.get_mut(&LinkerFlavor::Gcc).unwrap().push("-m64".to_string()); base.linker = "x86_64-rumprun-netbsd-gcc".to_string(); - base.ar = "x86_64-rumprun-netbsd-ar".to_string(); base.max_atomic_width = Some(64); base.dynamic_linking = false; diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/back/archive.rs b/src/librustc_trans/back/archive.rs index 179ef20b19f..775cf3ac4c9 100644 --- a/src/librustc_trans/back/archive.rs +++ b/src/librustc_trans/back/archive.rs @@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ pub struct ArchiveConfig<'a> { pub lib_search_paths: Vec, } -/// Helper for adding many files to an archive with a single invocation of -/// `ar`. +/// Helper for adding many files to an archive. #[must_use = "must call build() to finish building the archive"] pub struct ArchiveBuilder<'a> { config: ArchiveConfig<'a>, @@ -201,8 +200,8 @@ impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder<'a> { }); } - /// Indicate that the next call to `build` should updates all symbols in - /// the archive (run 'ar s' over it). + /// Indicate that the next call to `build` should update all symbols in + /// the archive (equivalent to running 'ar s' over it). pub fn update_symbols(&mut self) { self.should_update_symbols = true; }