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diff mercurial/helptext/rust.txt @ 52277:bf86e0b561d3 stable
rust: update install instruction
As discussed last Friday after publishing the rc wheel, we need to update the
rust readme and highlight that change in the release announcement if we want
people using Rust to keep being able to use pip.
author | Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net> |
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date | Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:32:35 +0100 |
parents | b88e9c707c95 |
children | c8e9b37ef3c0 |
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--- a/mercurial/helptext/rust.txt Wed Nov 20 12:09:35 2024 +0100 +++ b/mercurial/helptext/rust.txt Wed Nov 20 06:32:35 2024 +0100 @@ -49,13 +49,19 @@ Users of `pip` can install the Rust extensions with the following command:: - $ pip install mercurial --global-option --rust --no-use-pep517 + $ pip install mercurial \ + --global-option \ + --rust \ + --no-use-pep517 \ + --no-binary mercurial `--no-use-pep517` is here to tell `pip` to preserve backwards compatibility with the legacy `setup.py` system. Mercurial has not yet migrated its complex setup to the new system, so we still need this to add compiled extensions. -This might take a couple of minutes because you're compiling everything. +`--no-binary` is there to tell pip to not use the pre-compiled wheels that are +missing rust support. This might take a couple of minutes because you're +compiling everything. See the "Checking for Rust" section to see if the install succeeded.