On: Announcing Rust 1.0 Beta

[spystath]

Name resolution libraries are loaded dynamically [1,2], so glibc can't be linked statically if you want NSS to work. I gather there might be a way to explicitly link to a specific resolution library but this is practically unsupported/poorly documented.

[1]: https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/FAQ#Even_statically_linked...

[2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3430400/linux-static-link...

[xyzzy_plugh → spystath]

I understand this limitation. I can currently get around this by using --enable-static-nss.

Does rust currently expose any way to do this? Could I perform linking myself as a workaround?

[steveklabnik → xyzzy_plugh]

> Could I perform linking myself as a workaround?

You can but it requires lots of black magic, and certainly a nightly rather than beta Rust ;)

http://mainisusuallyafunction.blogspot.com/2015/01/151-byte-... is an old blog post that can get you started.

[xyzzy_plugh → steveklabnik]

Wonderful -- thanks Steve! Best of luck on the upcoming release.