grave axle
I installed rust-analyzer using rustup component add rust-analyzer
The version does not match any of the releases on github.
I see this version info
$> rust-analyzer --version
rust-analyzer 1.84.0 (9fc6b431 2025-01-07)
On the rust-analyzer github page, the release is now 2025-01-07 with a different version number v0.3.2253
Should I rather use a different tool to install rust-analyzer, or is there some advantage to use rustup component for rust-analyzer?
grave axle
How do I know which version of rust-analyzer is installed?
rocky blaze
you just did
grave axle
different version number?
Yes there is a version on the web site for rust-analyzer that does not match the output
grave axle
grave axle
I updated the question to make it a little clearer.
gaunt coyote
yes; https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/releases
the binaries can be downloaded from there https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#rust-analyzer-language-server-binary, the rustup version is just versioned a little differently, the nightly versions are, well, updated every day, and each version of rust-analyzer works with a given version of rust
basically if you're compiling with 1.84 compiler you should also use rust-analyzer from that version
v0.3.2253 is also the VSCode extension version
grave axle
Thanks for the help.
After playing around with some options I decided to piggy-back on VSCode. I now alias the binary coming from the VSCode extension. Hacky yes; but easy to update and see what is going on.
I have to conclude that rustup component add rust-analyzer adds no real value and it seems to have an update lag.
I can be wrong. Nonetheless, I am closing this question.