Docker Rust FreeBSD Target

This Docker image is used to cross compile Rust for FreeBSD.

Usage

General Example

In the directory containing your project run:

    docker container run --rm --volume "$(pwd)":/src     \
        --init --tty --user "$(id --user):$(id --group)" \
        "unixgeek2/rust-x86_64-freebsd:latest"      \
        build --release --target x86_64-unknown-freebsd

GitHub Action Example

This example works out of the box in a run step with the ubuntu runner.

    docker container run --rm
        --volume ${{ github.workspace }}:/src
        --user $(id --user):$(id --group)
        unixgeek2/rust-x86_64-freebsd:latest build --release --target x86_64-unknown-freebsd

Using as a Base Image

FROM unixgeek2/rust-x86_64-freebsd:latest
USER root
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y libssl-dev
USER rust
ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "-c"]

Docker Hub

• x86_64
• i686
• i586

Building

There are two optional build args:

• ARCH: The target architecture (i586, i686 or x86_64). Default is x86_64.
• RUST_RELEASE: The release of Rust to install. Check Dockerfile for the default.

x86_64

docker buildx build --tag rust-x86_64-freebsd .

i686

docker buildx build --build-arg ARCH=i686 --tag rust-i686-freebsd .

i586

docker buildx build --build-arg ARCH=i586 --build-arg RUST_RELEASE=1.51.0 --tag rust-i586-freebsd .

Note that RUST_RELEASE must be 1.51.0 for i586. See below.

i586 Artifacts

Rust has the i686 and x86_64 toolchains available, but not i586. In order to provide an i586 toolchain, the build-rust-i586.sh script builds Rust from a forked repository that has been patched to support the i586 target. It is currently release 1.51.0. These artifacts have been uploaded to a server to be made available to the build. There may be a technical reason the i586 toolchain is not available, but it works for my small projects.