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nix dependency fails to compile for AIX targets #15083
Description
nix does not build successfully for AIX targets with libc 0.2.190, but does with libc 0.2.189.
error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> ~/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/nix-0.31.3/src/sys/statvfs.rs:109:9
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108 | pub fn filesystem_id(&self) -> c_ulong {
| ------- expected `u64` because of return type
109 | self.0.f_fsid
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `u64`, found `fsid_t`
failure first occurs with rust-lang/libc@061f61b from rust-lang/libc#5380
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[-]nix dependency fails to build for AIX targets[/-][+]nix dependency fails to compile for AIX targets[/+]xtqqczze commentedon Oct 6, 2026
libc0.2.190 is required for #5210, so I think we may have to accept the breakage givenpowerpc64-ibm-aixis only a Rust Tier 3 target.xtqqczze commentedon Oct 7, 2026
Depends on rust-lang/libc#5616.