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@twe4ked twe4ked commented Apr 20, 2020

Existing error:

$ cargo install .
    Updating crates.io index
error: could not find `.` in registry `https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index`

New error:

$ cargo install .
error: To install the binaries for the package in current working directory use `cargo install --path .`. Use `cargo build` if you want to simply build the package.

Existing related errors:

$ cargo install
error: Using `cargo install` to install the binaries for the package in current working directory is no longer supported, use `cargo install --path .` instead. Use `cargo build` if you want to simply build the package.
$ cargo uninstall .
error: invalid package ID specification: `.`

Caused by:
  Invalid character `.` in pkgid: `.`

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📌 Commit 0c14dc2 has been approved by alexcrichton

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⌛ Testing commit 0c14dc2 with merge 3c8c94b...

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☀️ Test successful - checks-azure
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Auto merge of rust-lang#71402 - ehuss:update-cargo, r=ehuss
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Update cargo, rls

## cargo

17 commits in ebda5065ee8a1e46801380abcbac21a25bc7e755..8751eb3010d4cdb5329b5a6bd2b6d765c95b0dca
2020-04-16 14:28:43 +0000 to 2020-04-21 18:04:35 +0000
- Uplift windows gnu DLL import libraries. (rust-lang/cargo#8141)
- Add windows-gnu CI and fix tests (rust-lang/cargo#8139)
- Several updates to token/index handling. (rust-lang/cargo#7973)
- Add `resolver` opt-in for new feature resolver. (rust-lang/cargo#8129)
- Improve error message when running `cargo install .` (rust-lang/cargo#8137)
- fix mem replace unused (rust-lang/cargo#8138)
- Change `-Cembed-bitcode=no` use to `-Cbitcode-in-rlib=no`. (rust-lang/cargo#8134)
- Refactor BuildContext (rust-lang/cargo#8068)
- Rename allows_underscores to allows_dashes. (rust-lang/cargo#8135)
- Fixed a needless borrow. (rust-lang/cargo#8130)
- Add link to changelog in the Cargo book. (rust-lang/cargo#8126)
- Fix target for doc test cross compilation (rust-lang/cargo#8094)
- Add note about .cargo/config support. (rust-lang/cargo#8125)
- Fix pdb uplift when executable has dashes. (rust-lang/cargo#8123)
- Hint upgrading for future edition keys (rust-lang/cargo#8122)
- Use some fs shorthand functions. (rust-lang/cargo#8124)
- Update documentation to mention "config.toml" instead of "config" (rust-lang/cargo#8121)

## rls

1 commits in 2659cbf14bfb0929a16d7ce9b6858d0bb286ede7..7de2a1f299f8744ffe109139f9f1fdf28bfec909
2020-04-14 22:07:24 +0200 to 2020-04-19 22:41:55 +0000
- Update cargo (rust-lang/rls#1663)
@ehuss ehuss added this to the 1.45.0 milestone Feb 6, 2022
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