Make sure the build.rustc version is either the same or 1 apart

Author: chenyukang

src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "opener",
  "pretty_assertions",
+ "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
@@ -645,6 +646,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bebd363326d05ec3e2f532ab7660680f3b02130d780c299bca73469d521bc0ed"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.137"

src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ walkdir = "2"
 sysinfo = { version = "0.26.0", optional = true }
 clap = { version = "4.2.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "usage", "help", "derive", "error-context"] }
 clap_complete = "4.2.2"
+semver = "1.0.17"
 
 # Solaris doesn't support flock() and thus fd-lock is not option now
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "solaris"))'.dependencies]

src/bootstrap/config.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub use crate::flags::Subcommand;
 use crate::flags::{Color, Flags, Warnings};
 use crate::util::{exe, output, t};
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
+use semver::Version;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use serde_derive::Deserialize;
 
@@ -1019,6 +1020,8 @@ impl Config {
             config.download_beta_toolchain();
             config.out.join(config.build.triple).join("stage0/bin/rustc")
         });
+        config.check_build_rustc_version();
+
         config.initial_cargo = build
             .cargo
             .map(|cargo| {
@@ -1680,6 +1683,37 @@ impl Config {
         self.rust_codegen_backends.get(0).cloned()
     }
 
+    fn check_build_rustc_version(&self) {
+        // check rustc version is same or lower with 1 apart from the building one
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(&self.initial_rustc);
+        cmd.arg("--version");
+        let rustc_output = output(&mut cmd)
+            .lines()
+            .next()
+            .unwrap()
+            .split(' ')
+            .nth(1)
+            .unwrap()
+            .split('-')
+            .next()
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_owned();
+        let rustc_version = Version::parse(&rustc_output.trim()).unwrap();
+        let source_version =
+            Version::parse(&fs::read_to_string(self.src.join("src/version")).unwrap().trim())
+                .unwrap();
+        if !(source_version == rustc_version
+            || (source_version.major == rustc_version.major
+                && source_version.minor == rustc_version.minor + 1))
+        {
+            let prev_version = format!("{}.{}.x", source_version.major, source_version.minor - 1);
+            panic!(
+                "Unexpected rustc version: {}, we should use {}/{} to build source with {}",
+                rustc_version, prev_version, source_version, source_version
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the commit to download, or `None` if we shouldn't download CI artifacts.
     fn download_ci_rustc_commit(&self, download_rustc: Option<StringOrBool>) -> Option<String> {
         // If `download-rustc` is not set, default to rebuilding.