Ivan Petkov writes:
> Hi! > >> On Apr 17, 2019, at 7:26 PM, mikadoZero <mikadoz...@yandex.com> wrote: > > The rust integrations within Guix are a bit incomplete at the moment, but > I’ve been > making some efforts to get things going. Right now it is possible to build > individual > crates but with a *ton* of manual intervention in the package definitions. > I’m working > on another change that should make it possible to start packaging rust based > packages/applications into Guix, hoping to share something next week. > Thank you for working on this. >> If cargo is not packaged are people who are using rust with Guix System >> using rustc and manually managing their dependencies? > > Cargo is packaged in Guix today, however, it is exposed as an output of the > rust > package (http://guix.info/manual/en/Packages-with-Multiple-Outputs.html > <http://guix.info/manual/en/Packages-with-Multiple-Outputs.html>). > Thanks for pointing out this useful section of the manual out. > This confused me a bit the first time I installed rust on Guix as well. > You’ll need > to run `guix package -i rust:cargo` to make it available. Perhaps the Guix > search > needs updated to also search for matching package outputs… > I was able to install cargo by adding `rust:cargo` to a manifest configuration file. > As for extra tools like rls, rustfmt, and clippy: these are usually > distributed with > the compiler source tarball. Currently they are not being build/packaged as > outputs because no one has done the work to expose them as such. > > If you’re interested in using them, I encourage you to try exposing them in > the > rust package definitions! If you need any help, feel free to reach out! > I think I would consider attempting clippy. Would exposing it be similar to cargo? Searching through `rust.scm` cargo is all over the place. Would exposing clippy be as far reaching and extensive? I am new to packaging for Guix. I just had my first patch for a package committed just the other day. I have not yet learned Guile. Would adding clippy as an output be overly ambitious? Should I learn Guile first? >> Are there any special considerations for Guix packages that provide >> programs like cargo and rustup that are also package managers? >> >> How does Guix deal with something like rust nightly releases if at all? > > Guix does not package nightly rust, and I don’t anticipate it ever will. > Getting > the rust compiler built and packaged into rust takes a little bit of effort, > and it would be impossible to keep up with the nightlies by hand. > > Rustup seems to be the right way to make alternative rust toolchains available > and maintained outside of the Guix store. The last time I tried to install > rustup > via the conventional installer, it failed to run on my machine outright, > probably > because all necessary artifacts are in the store and not in the usual Linux > distro > locations. > > Once the Guix cargo build system is flushed out a bit more, I anticipate it > should > be possible to define and build rustup as a Guix package. It is good to hear about a potential way to use rust nightly on Guix. > > —Ivan
