building grammars broken on Alpine Linux

[JonahBranch]

Summary

x86_64-alpine-linux-musl is an unknown cc-rs target which breaks the grammar build

Reproduction Steps

Output of cat /etc/os-release:

jone@phosphene helix $ cat /etc/os-release                             
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.20.3
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v3.20"
HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues"

I tried this:

1. Cloning the hx git repo, following installation steps
2. the hx binary builds fine, hx -g fetch works fine
3. hx -g build fails

Here's the output:

jone@phosphene helix $ hx -g build                                    
Building 230 grammars


error occurred in cc-rs: unknown target `x86_64-alpine-linux-musl`.

NOTE: `cc-rs` only supports a fixed set of targets when not in a build script.
- If adding a new target, you will need to fork of `cc-rs` until the target
  has landed on nightly and the auto-generated list has been updated. See also
  the `rustc` dev guide on adding a new target:
  https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/building/new-target.html
- If using a custom target, prefer to upstream it to `rustc` if possible,
  otherwise open an issue with `cc-rs`:
  https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/new

Helix log

I didn't find anything relevant in the logs, just errors about me trying to load non-existent themes.

Platform

Alpine Linux Version 3.20.3

Terminal Emulator

foot

Installation Method

source

Helix Version

25.01.1

[Kladki]

Yeah, this is because cc-rs was upgraded in that release, see: rust-lang/cc-rs#1297 (comment).
(IMO, Helix shouldn't have been upgraded at all while this feature was broken, but alas, that wasn't in my control.)
Anyways, this issue was fixed in cc-rs 1.2.17, which was released less than 24 hours ago. I will open a merge request in the aports repo to update the lockfile so this issue is fixed for 25.01.1.

[Kladki]

https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/merge_requests/81711

[JonahBranch]

Thanks, I'll give it a try tonight!

[orhid]

i'm on helix 25.01.1 on alpine, but the issue persists

[Kladki]

Yes, because the merge request hasn't been merged yet. Once it is, the fixed version will be 25.01.1-r1 (or 25.01.1-r2, if !70759 is merged first), as opposed to the current 25.01.1-r0.

[JonahBranch]

This PR from two days ago bumped cc

I pulled the newest master branch and the grammar build is working now :)

[Kladki]

The issue is now also fixed on the helix package frim the Alpine repisitories.