Issues building libretro core on Debian 8 amd64

[mdeguzis]

  Compiling gl v0.5.2
   Compiling rustation-retro v0.1.0 (file:///tmp/buildd/libretro-rustation-0.0.0+git20161116.562d367~1)
src/libretro.rs:785:33: 785:56 error: unresolved name `panic::AssertUnwindSafe` [E0425]
src/libretro.rs:785     let r = panic::catch_unwind(panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
                                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/libretro.rs:785:33: 785:56 help: run `rustc --explain E0425` to see a detailed explanation
src/libretro.rs:785:13: 785:32 error: unresolved name `panic::catch_unwind` [E0425]
src/libretro.rs:785     let r = panic::catch_unwind(panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/libretro.rs:785:13: 785:32 help: run `rustc --explain E0425` to see a detailed explanation
src/libretro.rs:795:8: 795:18 error: the type of this value must be known in this context
src/libretro.rs:795     if r.is_err() {
                           ^~~~~~~~~~
error: aborting due to previous error
Could not compile `rustation-retro`.

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debian/rules:14: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_build' failed

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[simias]

It seems that the version of rustc is too old for this:

Selecting previously unselected package rustc.
Preparing to unpack .../rustc_1.8.0+bsos-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking rustc (1.8.0+bsos-1) ...

catch_unwind was introduced in 1.9.0. It's possible to comment that code and not catch the panic here however, it'll just prevent some cleanup before the emulator crashes but nothing critical.

[mdeguzis]

Got it, thanks for catching that. I'll boost my package build of rustc. I'll close once I retry here.