rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

Incorrect error message when using rust-analyzer with remote host without rustup installed

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Description

rust-analyzer version: v0.3.1549

rustc version: N/A

relevant settings: N/A

Using VSCodium with Open Remote - SSH extension and before installing rustup on the remote, attempting to use rust-analyzer results in an error that reports "no such file or directory" rather than indicating that cargo is not installed which appears to be the actual cause.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in VSCodium with Open Remote - SSH on a host without rustup or cargo installed, then trace rust-analyzer's startup error handling for the cargo invocation. Done means the remote setup reports that cargo is not installed instead of the misleading "no such file or directory" error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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