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Tracking Issue for removing windows-targets dependency #156459

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Tracking Issue for removing windows-targets dependency#156459
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C-tracking-issueCategory: An issue tracking the progress of sth. like the implementation of an RFCF-raw_dylib`#![feature(raw_dylib)]`O-windowsOperating system: Windows

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@bjorn3
bjorn3
opened on May 11, 2026

windows-sys 0.61 uses raw-dylib rather than shipping binary import libraries. This reduces the vendor size and makes cross-compilation easier.

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  1. bjorn3
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    O-windowsOperating system: Windows
    C-tracking-issueCategory: An issue tracking the progress of sth. like the implementation of an RFC
    F-raw_dylib`#![feature(raw_dylib)]`
    on May 11, 2026

  2. RalfJung commented on May 11, 2026

    @RalfJung
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    on May 11, 2026
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    With rust-lang/miri#5027, there's no more windows-targets anywhere in the miri repo :)

  3. pull
    added a commit that references this issue on May 12, 2026

    Update dependencies to remove windows-targets dependency (rust-lang#1…

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  4. JonathanBrouwer
    added a commit that references this issue on May 13, 2026

    Rollup merge of rust-lang#156543 - bjorn3:rustbook_windows_sys_0_61, …

    ea715cb
  5. rust-timer
    added a commit that references this issue on May 13, 2026

    Unrolled build for #156543

    0b2e8f9
  6. pull
    added a commit that references this issue on Jun 18, 2026

    Remove windows-sys dependencies older than 0.61 (rust-lang#17115)

    b58e5fe
  7. JonathanBrouwer
    added a commit that references this issue on Sep 24, 2026

    Rollup merge of rust-lang#163252 - bjorn3:reduce_windows_targets_deps…

    be4bbc5
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