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author | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2020-11-28 18:10:38 +0000 |
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committer | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2020-11-28 18:10:38 +0000 |
commit | 8ddf5c69077a6afda88a3ae72f10fdff031f75b8 (patch) | |
tree | b18dd7d549baa53756eb3c53d0f2932feab52e91 /doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md | |
parent | c6617d28ef3762bbd5cb11dd3c56afb778ff42cc (diff) | |
parent | 2622548c138fbf151fd3f130fe41864590520121 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into aj-rust-custom-target
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diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md index 784a46030981..28e488fe8a6c 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ cargo into the `environment.systemPackages` or bring them into scope with `nix-shell -p rustc cargo`. -For daily builds (beta and nightly) use either rustup from -nixpkgs or use the [Rust nightlies -overlay](#using-the-rust-nightlies-overlay). +For other versions such as daily builds (beta and nightly), +use either `rustup` from nixpkgs (which will manage the rust installation in your home directory), +or use Mozilla's [Rust nightlies overlay](#using-the-rust-nightlies-overlay). ## Compiling Rust applications with Cargo @@ -530,8 +530,15 @@ Mozilla provides an overlay for nixpkgs to bring a nightly version of Rust into This overlay can _also_ be used to install recent unstable or stable versions of Rust, if desired. -To use this overlay, clone -[nixpkgs-mozilla](https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla), +### Rust overlay installation + +You can use this overlay by either changing your local nixpkgs configuration, +or by adding the overlay declaratively in a nix expression, e.g. in `configuration.nix`. +For more information see [#sec-overlays-install](the manual on installing overlays). + +#### Imperative rust overlay installation + +Clone [nixpkgs-mozilla](https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla), and create a symbolic link to the file [rust-overlay.nix](https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/blob/master/rust-overlay.nix) in the `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays` directory. @@ -540,14 +547,42 @@ in the `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays` directory. $ mkdir -p ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays $ ln -s $(pwd)/nixpkgs-mozilla/rust-overlay.nix ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/rust-overlay.nix -The latest version can be installed with the following command: +### Declarative rust overlay installation + +Add the following to your `configuration.nix`, `home-configuration.nix`, `shell.nix`, or similar: + +``` + nixpkgs = { + overlays = [ + (import (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/archive/master.tar.gz)) + # Further overlays go here + ]; + }; +``` + +Note that this will fetch the latest overlay version when rebuilding your system. + +### Rust overlay usage + +The overlay contains attribute sets corresponding to different versions of the rust toolchain, such as: + +* `latest.rustChannels.stable` +* `latest.rustChannels.nightly` +* a function `rustChannelOf`, called as `(rustChannelOf { date = "2018-04-11"; channel = "nightly"; })`, or... +* `(nixpkgs.rustChannelOf { rustToolchain = ./rust-toolchain; })` if you have a local `rust-toolchain` file (see https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla#using-in-nix-expressions for an example) + +Each of these contain packages such as `rust`, which contains your usual rust development tools with the respective toolchain chosen. +For example, you might want to add `latest.rustChannels.stable.rust` to the list of packages in your configuration. + +Imperatively, the latest stable version can be installed with the following command: - $ nix-env -Ai nixos.latest.rustChannels.stable.rust + $ nix-env -Ai nixpkgs.latest.rustChannels.stable.rust Or using the attribute with nix-shell: - $ nix-shell -p nixos.latest.rustChannels.stable.rust + $ nix-shell -p nixpkgs.latest.rustChannels.stable.rust +Substitute the `nixpkgs` prefix with `nixos` on NixOS. To install the beta or nightly channel, "stable" should be substituted by "nightly" or "beta", or use the function provided by this overlay to pull a version based on a |