Build of cargo-nextest on OpenBSD-stable version

cargo-nextest is a next-generation test runner for Rust.

Build of this tool on OpenBSD-stable (current version = 7.5) and publication of a release synced with official release of cargo-nextest.

Why

For some Rust projects, regression tests are runned with cargo-nextest instead of cargo test. For example, the uutils/coreutils project uses cargo-nextest to run their tests in GitHub workflows.

cargo-nextest releases are not available on OpenBSD (see https://nexte.st/book/pre-built-binaries.html) and this tool is neither available in OpenBSD-stable ports tree.

As a temporary solution, this repository allows to build cargo-nextest on OpenBSD-stable version and publish "official" releases synced with cargo-nextest releases.

How

Install requirements to run build script:

• Bash shell
• Curl to download sources
• Rust compiler (with cargo) : version 1.76.0 on OpenBSD 7.5
• zstd library

$ pkg_add -v bash curl rust zstd

Build cargo-nextest for an official release (NEXTEST_VERSION) on OpenBSD-stable (current version = 7.5) with build.sh script:

$ ./build.sh <NEXTEST_VERSION>

By default, build is done in /tmp/cargo-nextest-build-<NEXTEST_VERSION> directory (variable WRKDIR defined in build.sh).

Prepare a release

When a new release of cargo-nextest is published:

1. Run build.sh on a local OpenBSD-stable host to check if the build is OK for this new version.
2. Update NEXTEST_VERSION in "Build" workflow (.github/workflows/build.yml) and run it manually to check if the build is OK on GitHub.
3. Tag the repository with the new version (tag = major.minor.patch without a preceding v) => the workflow "Build and publish" will build and publish the new release.