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buildRustCrate: Allow version specific dependency renaming + parameter doc #84179
buildRustCrate: Allow version specific dependency renaming + parameter doc #84179
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Depends on NixOS/nixpkgs#84179
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Two minor remarks. Overall this looks good.
I also see the need for version specific overrides for things like (native)buildInputs.
Currently you have to "switch" on the version or name attribute in the overrides if you need different native inputs for the same crate name.
We should probably consider what larger refactoring we can do additionally to ease such pains.
I know, heretic, but... I also know that this is not perfect but it is a good start, I think. It would be nice if this were part of the automatic "nixdoc" function reference. I'd like guidance if this should be part of the rust section or something else.
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Thank you for the review, @andir ! For buildInputs, the crateOverrides mechanism can be used. This PR is a bit special because it concerns the extern name with which a certain crate is used within a dependent crate. So maybe those separate concerns can be handled better but will still need to be handled differently. |
Depends on NixOS/nixpkgs#84179
This PR allows version specific crate renames:
I also documented all buildRustCrate parameters.
Motivation for this change
This roughly corresponds to the following snippet in Cargo.toml:
Including multiple versions of a crate is very popular during ecosystem transitions, e.g. from futures 0.1 to futures 0.3.
Corresponding issue in crate2nix: nix-community/crate2nix#83
Things done
sandbox
innix.conf
on non-NixOS linux)nix build -f . buildRustCrateTests
nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review wip"
./result/bin/
)nix path-info -S
before and after)