Memory corruption(? well, probably not; random name though) -> inscrutable error on plain unpack

[cargo-bins]

Memory corruption(? well, probably not; random name though) -> inscrutable error on plain unpack

[NobodyXu]

You need to run:

mkdir -p $HOME/.cargo/bin

cargo-binstall would fail if that path does not exist.

Regarding to path cargo-binstalleMdRRS or cargo-binstallIwSQUG, that is not an error.
It is a temporary directory created using tempfile to store the bins.

[NobodyXu]

@passcod Would it be a good idea to std::fs::create_dir_all that path in cargo-binstall?

[nabijaczleweli]

I created that directory (even though that's a valid configuration, cargo install doesn't create that directory until it successfully installs something), then I got

c-i-t@tarta:~$ ./cargo-binstall
Do you wish to continue? yes/[no]
? yes
15:52:00 [ERROR] Fatal error:

  × missing field `v1`

This is very good because (a) it doesn't even say where the error is, (b) cargo-binstall literally O_CREAT|O_EXCLs .crates.toml, and (c) cargo install creates it on first use in a similar fashion, equally empty, so this is a valid configuration.

Only after also echo '[v1]' > .cargo/.crates.tomling did cargo-binstall successfully do nothing.

[NobodyXu]

Thanks for spotting this error, this is definitely a bug in cargo-binstall and I will investigate into this.

[NobodyXu]

It should be relatively easy to fix both of them.
I will submit a PR to fix them tomorrow.