This usually describes either an error in the compiler itself or some
sort of IO error. Either way, we should report it to the user rather
than just saying "crate not found".
This only gives an error if the crate couldn't be loaded at all - if the
compiler finds another .rlib or .rmeta file which was valid, it will
continue to compile the crate.
Example output:
```
error[E0785]: found invalid metadata files for crate `foo`
--> bar.rs:3:24
|
3 | println!("{}", foo::FOO_11_49[0]);
| ^^^
|
= warning: failed to parse rlib '/home/joshua/test-rustdoc/libfoo.rlib': Invalid archive extended name offset
```
The test is copied from `src/test/ui/crate-loading/crateresolve1.rs` and
its auxiliary tests. I added it to the `compile_fail` code example check
exemption list since it's hard if not impossible to reproduce this error
in a standalone code example.
Only dylib and rlib candidates were included in the error. I think the
reason is that at the time this error was originally implemented, rmeta
crate sources were represented different from dylib and rlib sources.
I wrote up more detailed analysis in [this comment][1].
The new version of the code is also a bit easier to read and should be
more robust to future changes since it uses `CrateSources::paths()`.
[1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/88675#issuecomment-935282436
Previously, this would change the test output when RUSTUP_HOME was set:
```
---- [ui] ui/issues/issue-49851/compiler-builtins-error.rs stdout ----
diff of stderr:
1 error[E0463]: can't find crate for `core`
2 |
3 = note: the `thumbv7em-none-eabihf` target may not be installed
+ = help: consider downloading the target with `rustup target add thumbv7em-none-eabihf`
4
5 error: aborting due to previous error
6
```
Originally, I fixed it by explicitly unsetting RUSTUP_HOME in
compiletest. Then I realized that almost no one has RUSTUP_HOME set,
since rustup doesn't set it itself; although it does set RUST_RECURSION_COUNT
whenever it launches a proxy. Then it was pointed out that this runtime
check doesn't really make sense and it's fine to make it unconditional.
Proc-macros are always compiled for the host, so this should be the same
in every way as recompiling the crate.
I am not sure why the previous code special-cased the target, since the
compiler properly gives an error when trying to load a crate for a
different host:
```
error[E0461]: couldn't find crate `dependency` with expected target triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
--> /home/joshua/rustc4/src/test/ui/cfg-dependent.rs:8:2
|
LL | dependency::is_64();
| ^^^^^^^^^^
|
= note: the following crate versions were found:
crate `dependency`, target triple i686-unknown-linux-gnu: /home/joshua/rustc4/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/test/ui/cfg-dependent/auxiliary/libdependency.so
```
I think another possible fix is to remove the check altogether. But I'm
not sure, and this fix works, so I'm not making the larger change here.
Otherwise something that ought to seemingly work like `//[x86]
needs-llvm-components: x86` or `//[nll_beyond]should-fail` do not get
evaluated properly.
- Suggest using `rustup target add` if `RUSTUP_HOME` is set. I don't know if there's any precedent for doing this, but it seems harmless enough and it will be a big help.
- Add a note about `#![no_std]` if `std` is missing but not core
- On nightly, suggest using `cargo build -Z build-std` if `CARGO` is set
- Add a note that std may be unsupported if `std` is missing but not core
- Don't suggest `#![no_std]` when the load isn't injected by the
compiler
