From: Ian Jackson Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:51:44 +0000 (+0100) Subject: README.md: Clarify dirtying bug X-Git-Tag: nailing-cargo/1.0.0~163 X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=247332078fc3e6530e901f825ca2a98b199a472d;p=nailing-cargo.git README.md: Clarify dirtying bug Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9891e08..bd1581f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -296,12 +296,13 @@ Limitations and bugs ==================== * nailing-cargo temporarily dirties your source trees, including - particularly `Cargo.toml` and `Cargo.lock`. If nailing-cargo - crashes or is interrupted these changes may be left behind; - running nailing-cargo again should clean up such a mess. - Unfortunately it is not possible to fix this bug because the cargo - team have deliberately made cargo inflexible - - [issue#6715](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6715). + particularly `Cargo.toml` and `Cargo.lock`; and if nailing-cargo + crashes or is interrupted these changes may be left behind. + Unfortunately it is not possible to avoid this temporary dirtying + because the cargo team have deliberately made cargo inflexible - + [issue#6715](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6715). + At least, running nailing-cargo again will clean up any mess + left by an interrupted run. * Out of tree builds require a unified filesystem view: eg, different users on the same host, NFS, or something. This could be improved.