glfs/general/prog/cbindgen.xml

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  <!ENTITY cbindgen-download-http "https://github.com/eqrion/cbindgen/archive/v&cbindgen-version;/cbindgen-&cbindgen-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-md5sum        "9eb3e5c1c3adda2a8f1e3eee8d9700e3">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-size          "188 KB">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-buildsize     "123 MB (add 533 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-time          "0.6 SBU (add 0.4 SBU for tests), both on a 4-core machine">
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<sect1 id="cbindgen" xreflabel="Cbindgen-&cbindgen-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="cbindgen.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Cbindgen-&cbindgen-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="cbindgen">
    <primary sortas="a-cbindgen">cbindgen</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Cbindgen</title>

    <para>
      <application>Cbindgen</application> can be used to generate C bindings for
      <application>Rust</application> code.
    </para>

    &lfs101_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cbindgen-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cbindgen-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &cbindgen-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &cbindgen-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &cbindgen-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &cbindgen-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">cbindgen Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="rust"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/cbindgen"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of cbindgen</title>

    <note>
      <para>
        As with most <application>Rust</application> packages, this  needs a
        network connection to check the current versions of the required cargo
        crates, and to download them if they are not already present.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      Install <application>cbindgen</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>cargo build --release</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      <!-- 0.16.0 log shows 2 suites where both tests pass, in the third
           3 of 6 fail. The suite names are impenetrable. -->
      To test the results, issue: <command>cargo test</command>.
      Three tests in the final suite are known to fail.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -Dm755 target/release/cbindgen /usr/bin/</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          cbindgen
        </seg>
        <seg>
          none
        </seg>
        <seg>
          none
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="cbindgen-prog">
        <term><command>cbindgen</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            generates C bindings for <application>Rust</application> code
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="cbindgen cbindgen-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-cbindgen">cbindgen</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>