Re: [PATCH 4/4] ci(gitlab,windows): provide GNU Rust's host-linker support

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 12:12:13PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:

From: Johannes Schindelin <redacted>

GitLab's MinGW job cannot find `x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc` when linking
gitcore's build script:
https://gitlab.com/dscho/git1/-/jobs/16593470275

Although gitcore is a static library, Cargo first links `build.rs`
as a host executable. We omitted the GNU MSI's `Gcc` feature, which
supplies the required linker and platform libraries:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/1.96.0/src/etc/installer/msi/rust.wxs

Hm. Does that mean that we now have two versions of GCC available, once
via the MinGW environment and once via Rust?

Thanks!

Patrick