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Set `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE`
smoelius Oct 6, 2025
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Make Clippy happy
smoelius Oct 6, 2025
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Make Clippy even happier
smoelius Oct 6, 2025
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Eliminate overlap with `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN`
smoelius Oct 7, 2025
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Describe `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE` in environment-variables.md
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/cli/proxy_mode.rs
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
command::run_command_for_dir,
config::ActiveReason,
process::Process,
toolchain::ResolvableLocalToolchainName,
toolchain::{ResolvableLocalToolchainName, maybe_set_env_source},
};

#[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(process))]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub async fn main(arg0: &str, current_dir: PathBuf, process: &Process) -> Result
let toolchain = cfg.resolve_local_toolchain(toolchain).await?;
let mut cmd = toolchain.command(arg0)?;
if toolchain_specified {
toolchain.maybe_set_env_source(&mut cmd, || Some(ActiveReason::CommandLine));
maybe_set_env_source(&mut cmd, || Some(ActiveReason::CommandLine));
}
run_command_for_dir(cmd, arg0, &cmd_args)
}
15 changes: 6 additions & 9 deletions src/config.rs
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Expand Up @@ -104,16 +104,13 @@ pub(crate) enum ActiveReason {

impl ActiveReason {
/// Format `ActiveReason` for setting the `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE` environment variable.
///
/// The format of the variable's content is `source toolchain`. Neither component should
/// contain spaces.
pub fn to_source(&self, name: &LocalToolchainName) -> String {
pub fn to_source(&self) -> &str {
match self {
Self::Default => format!("default {name}"),
Self::Environment => format!("env {name}"),
Self::CommandLine => format!("cli {name}"),
Self::OverrideDB(_) => format!("override {name}"),
Self::ToolchainFile(_) => format!("config {name}"),
Self::Default => "default",
Self::Environment => "env",
Self::CommandLine => "cli",
Self::OverrideDB(_) => "override",
Self::ToolchainFile(_) => "config",
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This is redundant, because the latter component is RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN. I'll fix this PR in the next few hours.

Huh, RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN is documented as something the user can set; I didn't realize that rustup sets it on child processes but

rustup/src/toolchain.rs

Line 184 in 061cf78

cmd.env("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN", format!("{}", self.name));

}
}
}
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32 changes: 14 additions & 18 deletions src/toolchain.rs
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Expand Up @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ impl<'a> Toolchain<'a> {

env_var::inc("RUST_RECURSION_COUNT", cmd, self.cfg.process);

self.maybe_set_env_source(cmd, || {
maybe_set_env_source(cmd, || {
if let Ok(Some((_, reason))) = self.cfg.active_toolchain() {
Some(reason)
} else {
Expand All @@ -193,23 +193,6 @@ impl<'a> Toolchain<'a> {
cmd.env("RUSTUP_HOME", &self.cfg.rustup_dir);
}

/// Set the `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE` environment variable if not already set.
///
/// `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE` indicates how the toolchain was determined. The environment
/// variable could have been set in proxy_mode.rs, in which case it should not be changed.
pub(crate) fn maybe_set_env_source(
&self,
cmd: &mut Command,
f: impl FnOnce() -> Option<ActiveReason>,
) {
if env::var_os("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE").is_some() {
return;
}
if let Some(reason) = f() {
cmd.env("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE", reason.to_source(&self.name));
}
}

/// Apply the appropriate LD path for a command being run from a toolchain.
fn set_ldpath(&self, cmd: &mut Command) {
#[cfg_attr(not(target_os = "macos"), allow(unused_mut))]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -630,3 +613,16 @@ impl<'a> Toolchain<'a> {
.collect())
}
}

/// Set the `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE` environment variable if not already set.
///
/// `RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE` indicates how the toolchain was determined. The environment
/// variable could have been set in proxy_mode.rs, in which case it should not be changed.
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Is there a reason we let the original through rather than override it?

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I think that's the behavior we want.

In my installation, all the proxies link to rustup:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 smoelius smoelius       32 Jan 31  2025 cargo -> /home/smoelius/.cargo/bin/rustup

So I think we want it to handle the + args and we should just let those through:

rustup/src/cli/proxy_mode.rs

Lines 19 to 26 in 061cf78

// Check for a + toolchain specifier
let arg1 = args.next();
let toolchain = arg1
.as_ref()
.map(|arg| arg.to_string_lossy())
.filter(|arg| arg.starts_with('+'))
.map(|name| ResolvableLocalToolchainName::try_from(&name.as_ref()[1..]))
.transpose()?;

I am happy to be corrected if I am misunderstanding.

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What happens if run cargo +beta test and one of my tests invokes cargo doc within a directory that has a rustup-toolchain.toml for nightly?

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RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE should be set to cli. But I don't think I understand the point of your question.

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Within the cargo doc call, the source of the toolchain is config but RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE will incorrectly report back cli because the outer most rustup call had it set on the CLI.

To me, it seems like we should only inherit RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE if we are inheriting the parent's toolchain.

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Within the cargo doc call, the source of the toolchain is config

I don't mean to question you but are you sure that's right?

I just tested in a configuration like you described with this program:

//! ```
//! let stdout = std::process::Command::new("env").output().unwrap().stdout;
//! std::fs::write("env.txt", stdout).unwrap();
//! ```

#[test]
fn test() {
    std::process::Command::new("cargo").arg("doc").status().unwrap();
}

And here is what I saw written to the env.txt file:

RUSTUP_HOME=/home/smoelius/.rustup
RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=beta-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE=cli

If I run with just cargo test instead of cargo +beta test, I observe what you describe.

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If I run with just cargo test instead of cargo +beta test, I observe what you describe.

So my exact example didn't work but the principle still applies.

pub(crate) fn maybe_set_env_source(cmd: &mut Command, f: impl FnOnce() -> Option<ActiveReason>) {
if env::var_os("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE").is_some() {
return;
}
if let Some(reason) = f() {
cmd.env("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE", reason.to_source());
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I assume you'll need to update https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/blob/main/doc/user-guide/src/environment-variables.md

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Or is that only env variables that rustup reads?

Are the ones it sets defined anywhere?

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I think both are in that list. I updated the list.

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As mentioned in rust-lang/cargo#11036, RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE could be taken as pointing to something inside the toolchain or pointing to what caused the toolchain to be set, not just the kind of toolchain source.

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I take your point. But I thought we wanted to let the rustup team decide on the variable name. So I have tried to remain agnostic on that front.

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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions tests/suite/cli_rustup.rs
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Expand Up @@ -3050,7 +3050,7 @@ async fn rustup_toolchain_source_cli() {
.await
.with_stderr(snapbox::str![[r#"
...
cli nightly-[HOST_TRIPLE]
cli

"#]]);
}
Expand All @@ -3066,7 +3066,7 @@ async fn rustup_toolchain_source_env() {
.await
.with_stderr(snapbox::str![[r#"
...
env nightly-[HOST_TRIPLE]
env

"#]]);
}
Expand All @@ -3083,7 +3083,7 @@ async fn rustup_toolchain_source_override() {
.await
.with_stderr(snapbox::str![[r#"
...
override nightly-[HOST_TRIPLE]
override

"#]]);
}
Expand All @@ -3098,7 +3098,7 @@ async fn rustup_toolchain_source_config() {
.await
.with_stderr(snapbox::str![[r#"
...
config nightly-[HOST_TRIPLE]
config

"#]]);
}
Expand All @@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@ async fn rustup_toolchain_source_default() {
.await
.with_stderr(snapbox::str![[r#"
...
default stable-[HOST_TRIPLE]
default

"#]]);
}
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