`install_crate` dependencies not installing if newer version is already installed about cargo-make

[wmmc88]

explicitly setting force = true in install_crate also doesn't add --force to the command. output is same as above.

[sagiegurari]

either do:

install_crate = { crate_name = "cargo-expand", min_version = "1.0.80" }

or:

install_crate = { crate_name = "cargo-expand", binary="cargo", test_arg="whatever...", version = "1.0.80" }

which are the currently supported formats. you can see the types.rs for what combinations are supported.

[sagiegurari]

also i do'nt think the doc link you gave shows combination as you suggested, maybe i'm wrong. but if something is not clear, would love you to help clear it up in the docs.

[wmmc88]

@sagiegurari Even when I switch this to install_crate = { crate_name = "cargo-expand", binary="cargo", test_arg=["expand", "--version"], version = "1.0.80" }, it still doesn't force the install of an older version when a newer version is already installed. If version 1.0.81 is installed, but i explictly require version = "1.0.80" (**not min_version= "1.0.80" **), I expect cargo-make would try to run cargo install cargo-expand --version 1.0.80 --force

[sagiegurari]

@wmmc88

i ran:

cargo install cargo-expand

checked version manuallly:

gitpod /workspace/cargo-make (master) $ cargo expand --version
cargo-expand 1.0.81

created this makefile:

[config]
skip_core_tasks = true
skip_git_env_info = true
skip_rust_env_info = true
skip_crate_env_info = true

[tasks.default]
install_crate = { crate_name = "cargo-expand", binary="cargo", test_arg=["expand", "--version"], version = "1.0.80" }
script = '''
cargo expand --version
'''

ran it:

[cargo-make] INFO - cargo make 0.37.10
[cargo-make] INFO - Build File: ./target/Makefile.toml
[cargo-make] INFO - Task: default
[cargo-make] INFO - Profile: development
[cargo-make] INFO - Running Task: default
[cargo-make] INFO - Execute Command: "cargo" "install" "--force" "--locked" "--version" "1.0.80" "cargo-expand"
    Updating crates.io index
  Installing cargo-expand v1.0.80
    Updating crates.io index
    Updating crates.io index
   Compiling proc-macro2 v1.0.79
   Compiling unicode-ident v1.0.12
   Compiling serde v1.0.197
   Compiling memchr v2.7.1
   Compiling regex-syntax v0.8.2
   Compiling cfg-if v1.0.0
   Compiling libc v0.2.153
   Compiling equivalent v1.0.1
   Compiling crc32fast v1.4.0
   Compiling hashbrown v0.14.3
   Compiling serde_json v1.0.114
   Compiling bit-vec v0.6.3
   Compiling semver v1.0.22
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   Compiling home v0.5.9
   Compiling nu-ansi-term v0.49.0
   Compiling shell-words v1.1.0
   Compiling cargo-expand v1.0.80
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   Compiling fastrand v2.0.2
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   Compiling syn-select v0.3.0
   Compiling regex v1.10.4
   Compiling bstr v1.9.1
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   Compiling toolchain_find v0.4.0
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   Compiling syntect v5.2.0
   Compiling toml v0.8.12
    Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 1m 11s
   Replacing /workspace/.cargo/bin/cargo-expand
    Replaced package `cargo-expand v1.0.81` with `cargo-expand v1.0.80` (executable `cargo-expand`)
cargo-expand 1.0.80
[cargo-make] INFO - Build Done in 71.51 seconds.

works fine.

[wmmc88]

@sagiegurari I am able to repro your behavior, but i still see other cases where this is not functioning.

Ex. If i enable core tasks and extend the test task like in #1063:

[config]
# skip_core_tasks = true
skip_git_env_info = true
skip_rust_env_info = true
skip_crate_env_info = true

[tasks.test]
install_crate = { crate_name = "cargo-expand", binary="cargo", test_arg=["expand", "--version"], version = "1.0.80" }

🪟 Windows 11 Enterprise(10.0.22631) (pwsh) make-test on  master [?] is 📦 v0.1.0 via 🦀 v1.77.1 took 3s
at 02:15:10 PM ❯ cargo clean
     Removed 19 files, 3.4MiB total

🪟 Windows 11 Enterprise(10.0.22631) (pwsh) make-test on  master [?] is 📦 v0.1.0 via 🦀 v1.77.1 
at 02:15:24 PM ❯ cargo expand --version
cargo-expand 1.0.82

🪟 Windows 11 Enterprise(10.0.22631) (pwsh) make-test on  master [?] is 📦 v0.1.0 via 🦀 v1.77.1 
at 02:15:31 PM ❯ cargo make test
[cargo-make] INFO - cargo make 0.37.11
[cargo-make] INFO - Build File: Makefile.toml
[cargo-make] INFO - Task: test
[cargo-make] INFO - Profile: development
[cargo-make] INFO - Running Task: legacy-migration
[cargo-make] INFO - Execute Command: "cargo" "test" "--all-features"
   Compiling make-test v0.1.0 (D:\make-test)
    Finished test [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.40s
     Running unittests src\main.rs (target\debug\deps\make_test-67937dc673a03896.exe)

running 0 tests

test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s

[cargo-make] INFO - Build Done in 2.11 seconds.

As you see above, when cargo-expand is already installed, it does not force the installation of the older version. But when uninstall cargo-expand and rerun the task, it works:

🪟 Windows 11 Enterprise(10.0.22631) (pwsh) make-test on  master [?] is 📦 v0.1.0 via 🦀 v1.77.1 took 2s
at 02:15:40 PM ❯ cargo uninstall cargo-expand
    Removing D:\.tools\.cargo\bin\cargo-expand.exe

🪟 Windows 11 Enterprise(10.0.22631) (pwsh) make-test on  master [?] is 📦 v0.1.0 via 🦀 v1.77.1 
at 02:16:45 PM ❯ cargo make test
[cargo-make] INFO - cargo make 0.37.11
[cargo-make] INFO - Build File: Makefile.toml
[cargo-make] INFO - Task: test
[cargo-make] INFO - Profile: development
[cargo-make] INFO - Running Task: legacy-migration
[cargo-make] INFO - Execute Command: "cargo" "install" "--force" "--locked" "--version" "1.0.80" "cargo-expand"
    Updating crates.io index
  Installing cargo-expand v1.0.80
    Updating crates.io index
    Updating crates.io index

It seems like it is failing to respect version = 1.0.80 only when it is overriding the core test task

[sagiegurari]

@wmmc88 ok got it.
there is a small hint for it in the docs (could be MUCH improved):

This ensures we are using a crate version that supports the feature we require for the build.
Currently there are few limitations when defining min_version:

Specifying toolchain in the task or rustup_component_name in the install_crate structure, will make cargo-make ignore the min version value.

same goes for version, not just in version.
The 'test' task is defined as follows by default:

[tasks.test]
description = "Runs all available tests."
category = "Test"
install_crate = false
toolchain = "${CARGO_MAKE_RUST_DEFAULT_TOOLCHAIN}"
command = "cargo"
args = [
  "test",
  "@@remove-empty(CARGO_MAKE_CARGO_VERBOSE_FLAGS)",
  "@@split(CARGO_MAKE_CARGO_BUILD_TEST_FLAGS, )",
]

since toolchain is defined, you won't have support for min/version here.

options

1. do clear=true but than you redefine everything
2. add dependency to your task that installs whatever you want - best option

[sagiegurari]

@wmmc88 closing but reopen if you feel something is missing