oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/helios

specifying unknown build-image -F feature should lead to failure

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Rust
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Description

I recently did a build where I specified -F dmar instead of -F mbist. The build happily succeeded; however, it'd be nice if it had failed so I had discovered this at build time and not much later.

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Research direction

Start at the build-image entry point and trace handling of the -F feature option. Check where feature names are validated, then exercise an unknown value such as dmar and confirm that the build fails instead of succeeding.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
build-system, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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