source: general/prog/cbindgen.xml@ c48815ad

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY cbindgen-download-http "https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen/archive/v&cbindgen-version;/cbindgen-&cbindgen-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-md5sum        "9349f81198b82c970822c452d08f25e5">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-size          "224 KB">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-buildsize     "121 MB (add 600 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY cbindgen-time          "0.5 SBU (add 0.4 SBU for tests), both on a 4-core machine">
]>

<sect1 id="cbindgen" xreflabel="Cbindgen-&cbindgen-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="cbindgen.html"?>


  <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>

    &lfs121_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>

    &build-use-internet;

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of cbindgen</title>
    <para>
      Install <application>cbindgen</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

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

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>cargo test --release</command>.
      Three tests in <filename>profile.rs</filename> are known to fail
      because they expect some Rust unstable features disabled in the BLFS
      <xref linkend='rust'/> configuration.
    </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>