`cargo rustc -- -Zno-trans` called on `crate_type = ["cdylib"]` crates abort linker

[oli-obk]

The error is /usr/bin/ld:/tmp/rustc.4i5vo9joxpv6/list:4: syntax error in VERSION script. It doesn't happen with normal lib/bin crates and it doesn't happen without -Zno-trans.

[retep998]

Could this have been caused by #38117?

[ustulation]

Hey guys, has this been confirmed/identified and do we have a fix on the way ?

[Mark-Simulacrum]

This appears to be fixed today as far as I can tell. Or, at least, I cannot reproduce.

[oli-obk]

It's not fixed yet: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/issues/1500#issuecomment-303550726

[Mark-Simulacrum]

Hm, odd. Perhaps it's platform dependent? Or my tests weren't quite right. The latter may be more likely.

[steveklabnik]

-Z no-trans is effectively deprecated today, no?

[Mark-Simulacrum]

I'm not quite sure. I think it's not quite deprecated, more like "usable only on nightly." Though I personally don't know any reason to use it over --emit=metadata.

[steveklabnik]

Though I personally don't know any reason to use it over --emit=metadata.

Yes, that's what I'm getting at.