Unhelpful "unsupported installer version" message
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- Rust
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Description
Problem
After curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh on a UNIX machine, I got:
server:~$ cargo rustc -- --version
info: syncing channel updates for '1.65.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: latest update on 2022-11-03, rust version 1.65.0 (897e37553 2022-11-02)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
info: downloading component 'rustc'
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
55 deferred IO operations
info: installing component 'rust-std'
info: rolling back changes
error: unsupported installer version:
Steps
- Installed via
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh - Get error message for any rust commands
Possible Solution(s)
No response
Notes
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Rustup version
rustup 1.25.1 (bb60b1e89 2022-07-12)
Installed toolchains
server:~$ rustup show
Default host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
rustup home: /home/user/.rustup
info: syncing channel updates for '1.65.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: latest update on 2022-11-03, rust version 1.65.0 (897e37553 2022-11-02)
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
info: downloading component 'rustc'
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'
18.8 MiB / 18.8 MiB (100 %) 1.8 MiB/s in 8s ETA: 0s
info: installing component 'rust-std'
30.0 MiB / 30.0 MiB (100 %) 12.5 MiB/s in 2s ETA: 0s
info: rolling back changes
(error: unsupported installer version: )
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported rustup installation and cargo rustc -- --version commands on the UNIX setup described. Trace the rollback path that emits unsupported installer version, then define done as replacing the empty or unhelpful message with actionable information and verifying the original scenario no longer produces it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100