Pass deployment target with -m*-version-min=

dev-tools/gen-target-info/src/main.rs

@@ -26,17 +26,9 @@ fn generate_target_mapping(f: &mut File, target_specs: &RustcTargetSpecs) -> std
         let env = spec.env.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
         let abi = spec.abi.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
 
-        let unversioned_llvm_target = if spec.llvm_target.contains("apple") {
-            // Remove deployment target information from LLVM target triples (we
-            // will add this in another part of CC).
-            //
-            // FIXME(madsmtm): Should become unnecessary after
-            // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/131037
-            let mut components = spec.llvm_target.split("-").collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-            components[2] = components[2].trim_end_matches(|c: char| c.is_numeric() || c == '.');
-
-            components.join("-")
+        // FIXME(madsmtm): Unnecessary once we bump MSRV to Rust 1.74
+        let llvm_target = if spec.llvm_target == "armv7-apple-ios7.0.0" {
+            "armv7-apple-ios".to_string()
         } else if os == "uefi" {
             // Override the UEFI LLVM targets.
             //
@@ -80,10 +72,7 @@ fn generate_target_mapping(f: &mut File, target_specs: &RustcTargetSpecs) -> std
         writeln!(f, "            os: {os:?},")?;
         writeln!(f, "            env: {env:?},")?;
         writeln!(f, "            abi: {abi:?},")?;
-        writeln!(
-            f,
-            "            unversioned_llvm_target: {unversioned_llvm_target:?},"
-        )?;
+        writeln!(f, "            llvm_target: {llvm_target:?},")?;
         writeln!(f, "        }},")?;
         writeln!(f, "    ),")?;
     }

src/lib.rs

@@ -2188,17 +2188,14 @@ impl Build {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    // Add version information to the target.
-                    let llvm_target = if target.vendor == "apple" {
-                        let deployment_target = self.apple_deployment_target(target);
-                        target.versioned_llvm_target(Some(&deployment_target))
-                    } else {
-                        target.versioned_llvm_target(None)
-                    };
-
-                    // Pass `--target` with the LLVM target to properly
-                    // configure Clang even when cross-compiling.
-                    cmd.push_cc_arg(format!("--target={llvm_target}").into());
+                    // Pass `--target` with the LLVM target to properly configure Clang even when
+                    // cross-compiling.
+                    //
+                    // We intentionally don't put the deployment version in here on Apple targets,
+                    // and instead pass that via `-mmacosx-version-min=` and similar flags, for
+                    // better compatibility with older versions of Clang that has poor support for
+                    // versioned target names (especially when it comes to configuration files).
+                    cmd.push_cc_arg(format!("--target={}", target.llvm_target).into());
                 }
             }
             ToolFamily::Msvc { clang_cl } => {
@@ -2214,8 +2211,7 @@ impl Build {
                         cmd.push_cc_arg("-m32".into());
                         cmd.push_cc_arg("-arch:IA32".into());
                     } else {
-                        let llvm_target = target.versioned_llvm_target(None);
-                        cmd.push_cc_arg(format!("--target={llvm_target}").into());
+                        cmd.push_cc_arg(format!("--target={}", target.llvm_target).into());
                     }
                 } else if target.full_arch == "i586" {
                     cmd.push_cc_arg("-arch:IA32".into());
@@ -2645,23 +2641,13 @@ impl Build {
     fn apple_flags(&self, cmd: &mut Tool) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let target = self.get_target()?;
 
-        // If the compiler is Clang, then we've already specifed the target
-        // information (including the deployment target) with the `--target`
-        // option, so we don't need to do anything further here.
-        //
-        // If the compiler is GCC, then we need to specify
-        // `-mmacosx-version-min` to set the deployment target, as well
-        // as to say that the target OS is macOS.
+        // Pass the deployment target via `-mmacosx-version-min=`, `-mtargetos=` and similar.
         //
-        // NOTE: GCC does not support `-miphoneos-version-min=` etc. (because
-        // it does not support iOS in general), but we specify them anyhow in
-        // case we actually have a Clang-like compiler disguised as a GNU-like
-        // compiler, or in case GCC adds support for these in the future.
-        if !cmd.is_like_clang() {
-            let min_version = self.apple_deployment_target(&target);
-            cmd.args
-                .push(target.apple_version_flag(&min_version).into());
-        }
+        // It is also necessary on GCC, as it forces a compilation error if the compiler is not
+        // configured for Darwin: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Darwin-Options.html
+        let min_version = self.apple_deployment_target(&target);
+        cmd.args
+            .push(target.apple_version_flag(&min_version).into());
 
         // AppleClang sometimes requires sysroot even on macOS
         if cmd.is_xctoolchain_clang() || target.os != "macos" {

src/target.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ pub(crate) struct TargetInfo<'a> {
     /// This is the same as the value of `cfg!(target_abi)`.
     pub abi: &'a str,
     /// The unversioned LLVM/Clang target triple.
-    unversioned_llvm_target: &'a str,
+    ///
+    /// NOTE: You should never need to match on this explicitly, use the other
+    /// fields on [`TargetInfo`] instead.
+    pub llvm_target: &'a str,
 }
 
 impl FromStr for TargetInfo<'_> {

src/target/apple.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ impl TargetInfo<'_> {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn apple_version_flag(&self, min_version: &str) -> String {
+        // There are many aliases for these, and `-mtargetos=` is preferred on Clang nowadays, but
+        // for compatibility with older Clang, we use the earliest supported name here.
+        //
+        // NOTE: GCC does not support `-miphoneos-version-min=` etc. (because it does not support
+        // iOS in general), but we specify them anyhow in case we actually have a Clang-like
+        // compiler disguised as a GNU-like compiler, or in case GCC adds support for these in the
+        // future.
+        //
+        // See also:
+        // https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangCommandLineReference.html#cmdoption-clang-mmacos-version-min
+        // https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#availability
+        // https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Darwin-Options.html#index-mmacosx-version-min
         match (self.os, self.abi) {
             ("macos", "") => format!("-mmacosx-version-min={min_version}"),
             ("ios", "") => format!("-miphoneos-version-min={min_version}"),