How to bootstrap dmd/ldc on a new distro that uses llvm and musl-libc?

[ryuukk_]

On Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 19:55:11 UTC, SN wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I'm testing out a new distro that uses LLVM toolchain and 
> MUSL-libc.
>
> I was trying to bootstrap dmd or ldc on it, but I couldn't find 
> a way to do either...
>
> There are no existing binaries that work, and the C++ versions 
> of dmd require a VERY VERY OLD version of llvm...
>
> I'm confused on how to bootstrap it now.
>
> (The distro uses clang, not gcc..)

void linux is similar

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/dmd

They even have a simple patch for musl, maybe this one patch 
should be merged upstream (anyone willing to do it?)

There is also arch linux: 
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/dmd