From 5c703f30ca5912c6d753700eb3e56f04d58d4fbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ryan kurte Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 11:42:06 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] add note about quickinstall / cargo install fallback --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a071848d..e0378c81 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ `cargo binstall` provides a low-complexity mechanism for installing rust binaries as an alternative to building from source (via `cargo install`) or manually downloading packages. This is intended to work with existing CI artifacts and infrastructure, and with minimal overhead for package maintainers. -`binstall` works by fetching the crate information from `crates.io`, then searching the linked `repository` for matching releases and artifacts. +`binstall` works by fetching the crate information from `crates.io`, then searching the linked `repository` for matching releases and artifacts, with fallbacks to [quickinstall](https://github.com/alsuren/cargo-quickinstall) and finally `cargo install` if these are not found. To support `binstall` maintainers must add configuration values to `Cargo.toml` to allow the tool to locate the appropriate binary package for a given version and target. See [SUPPORT.md](./SUPPORT.md) for more detail.