Binstall is a tool to fetch and install Rust-based executables as binaries. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for cargo install in most cases. Install it today with cargo install cargo-binstall, from the binaries below, or if you already have it, upgrade with cargo binstall cargo-binstall.
In this release:
- Binaries are now fetched according to the platform, detected at runtime, instead of matching the target triple of Binstall itself. (#155, #160)
- Binstall may try fetching the best of multiple targets for binaries, depending on platform. (#160, #162)
For example, when using an ARM64 Linux musl build of Binstall on a glibc-based system:
- Binstall <=0.8 would attempt to download musl binaries, and fail (fallback to source) if none were available
- Binstall >=0.9 will attempt to download gnu/glibc binaries, then fallback to musl binaries, and then fail (fallback to source).
On Apple M1, M1-native builds will be preferred, with a fallback onto Intel builds (usable via Rosetta); and so on.
Other changes:
- The
--targetoverride option is now an alias to--targets, which takes a comma-separated list of target triples to try fetching in order. - The
-hand--helpoutputs have been improved, via an upgrade to Clap 3.-hnow shows a terse help page, and--helphas longer description and explanations of each option. - The code has been updated to Rust 2021, and the minimum version rustc bumped to 1.61. (#154)
- Several performance improvements were applied (#162, #163, #165)
Many thanks to @NobodyXu who has contributed/collaborated on most of this release and the last!