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author | Andrew Walbran <qwandor@google.com> | Fri Dec 08 19:28:22 2023 +0000 |
committer | Automerger Merge Worker <android-build-automerger-merge-worker@system.gserviceaccount.com> | Fri Dec 08 19:28:22 2023 +0000 |
tree | 32bddc75c2928b853977b32a4fe05f065a430138 | |
parent | 63cbe1481f271c4cda0e3c366f565bf4f575beb4 [diff] | |
parent | 86c2a71e6d96497ba7a5812d8d5113a767c8f3ec [diff] |
Upgrade nix to 0.27.1 am: 61f371d4fb am: 7f1d2c4adb am: 86c2a71e6d Original change: https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/external/rust/crates/nix/+/2828065 Change-Id: Id4c4b6b1f303ca742527f968d8082f4e702d7cc3 Signed-off-by: Automerger Merge Worker <android-build-automerger-merge-worker@system.gserviceaccount.com>
Nix seeks to provide friendly bindings to various *nix platform APIs (Linux, Darwin, ...). The goal is to not provide a 100% unified interface, but to unify what can be while still providing platform specific APIs.
For many system APIs, Nix provides a safe alternative to the unsafe APIs exposed by the libc crate. This is done by wrapping the libc functionality with types/abstractions that enforce legal/safe usage.
As an example of what Nix provides, examine the differences between what is exposed by libc and nix for the gethostname system call:
// libc api (unsafe, requires handling return code/errno) pub unsafe extern fn gethostname(name: *mut c_char, len: size_t) -> c_int; // nix api (returns a nix::Result<OsString>) pub fn gethostname() -> Result<OsString>;
nix target support consists of three tiers. While nix attempts to support all platforms supported by libc, only some platforms are actively supported due to either technical or manpower limitations. Support for platforms is split into three tiers:
Platforms not listed are supported on a best-effort basis, relying on our users to report any problems.
The following targets are supported by nix
:
nix is supported on Rust 1.65 and higher. Its MSRV will not be changed in the future without bumping the major or minor version.
Contributions are very welcome. Please See CONTRIBUTING for additional details.
Feel free to join us in the nix-rust/nix channel on Gitter to discuss nix
development.
Nix is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.