Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Add instructions on how to update Rustboard dependencies. (tensorflow…
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
…#5757)

Update instructions about how to update Rust dependencies, based on my experiences with tensorflow#5755.

Notably:
* Recommend using `cargo update -p <dependency name>` instead of `cargo fetch` when updating an existing dependency. `cargo fetch` will work when updating a dependency to a new major release but will not work when updating a dependency to a new minor release.
* Recommend updating crate-specific metadata versions in `Cargo.toml` based on the update to crate versions in `Cargo.lock`. Do this before running `cargo raze` to avoid unnecessary confusion.
* The targets to test are actually in `//tensorboard/data/server/cargo`. There do not appear to be valid targets in `//third_party/rust`.
* Run `bazel test tensorboard/data/server:update_protos_test` to determine if the proto source files need to be updated. It's best to run this test first before attempting to test, build, and run the rest of the server, otherwise the error messages can be quite confusing.
  • Loading branch information
bmd3k authored and dna2github committed May 1, 2023
1 parent a59e490 commit 3d28cc2
Showing 1 changed file with 34 additions and 23 deletions.
57 changes: 34 additions & 23 deletions tensorboard/data/server/DEVELOPMENT.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -96,38 +96,49 @@ is:
- the `tensorboard_data_server` package is queried if it is installed; else
- the server bundled with `--define=link_data_server=true` is used.

## Adding third-party dependencies
## Adding or updating third-party dependencies

Rust dependencies are usually hosted on [crates.io]. We use [`cargo-raze`][raze]
to automatically generate Bazel build files for these third-party dependencies.

The source of truth for `cargo-raze` is the `Cargo.toml` file. To add a new
dependency:
dependency or modify an existing dependency:

1. Run `cargo install cargo-raze` to ensure that you have [`cargo-raze`][raze]
installed.
2. Add an entry to the `[dependencies]` section of `Cargo.toml`. The new line
should look like `rand = "0.7.3"`. You can find the most recent version of a
package on <https://crates.io/>.
2. Add or modify an entry in the `[dependencies]` section of `Cargo.toml`.
The new line should look like `rand = "0.7.3"`. You can find the most recent
version of a package on <https://crates.io/>.
3. Change into the `tensorboard/data/server/` directory.
4. Run `cargo fetch` to update `Cargo.lock`. Running this before `cargo raze`
ensures that the `http_archive` workspace rules in the generated build files
will have `sha256` checksums.
5. Run `cargo raze` to update `third_party/rust/...`.

This will add a new target like `//third_party/rust:rand`. Manually build it
with Bazel to ensure that it works: `bazel build //third_party/rust:rand`. If
the build fails, you’ll need to teach `cargo-raze` how to handle this package by
adding crate-specific metadata to a `[raze.crates.CRATE-NAME.VERSION]` section
of the `Cargo.toml` file. Failure modes may include:

- The package uses a `build.rs` script to generate code at compile time.
Solution: add `gen_buildrs = true`.
- The package needs certain features to be enabled. Solution: add
`additional_flags = ["--cfg=FEATURE_NAME"]`.

See `Cargo.toml` for prior art. Googlers: you may be able to glean some hints
from the corresponding Google-internal build files.
4. For new dependencies, run `cargo fetch` to update `Cargo.lock`. For updated
dependencies, run `cargo update -p <dependency name>` to update
`Cargo.lock`. Running these before `cargo raze` ensures that the
`http_archive` workspace rules in the generated build files will have
`sha256` checksums.
4. Cross reference the updates in `Cargo.lock` with crate-specific metadata in
`Cargo.toml`. For each section of type `[raze.crates.CRATE-NAME.VERSION]`
in `Cargo.toml`, see if the `Cargo.lock` file now refers to a more recent
version and make the corresponding updates to `Cargo.toml`.
5. Run `cargo raze` to update `third_party/rust/...`. This will add or update a
target like `//tensorboard/data/server/cargo:rand`.
6. Manually build the crate with Bazel to ensure that it works:
`bazel build //tensorboard/data/server/cargo:rand`. If the build fails, you
likely need to teach `cargo-raze` how to handle this package by adding new
crate-specific metadata to a `[raze.crates.CRATE-NAME.VERSION]` section of
the `Cargo.toml` file and running `cargo raze` again.

Failure modes may include:

- The package uses a `build.rs` script to generate code at compile time.
Solution: add `gen_buildrs = true`.
- The package needs certain features to be enabled. Solution: add
`additional_flags = ["--cfg=FEATURE_NAME"]`.

See `Cargo.toml` for prior art. Googlers: you may be able to glean some hints
from the corresponding Google-internal build files.
7. Run `bazel test tensorboard/data/server:update_protos_test` to determine if
the proto source files need to be updated. If this test fails then its logs
will contain instructions on how to update the protos.

When done, commit the changes to `Cargo.toml`, `Cargo.lock`, and the
`third_party/rust/` directory.
Expand Down

0 comments on commit 3d28cc2

Please sign in to comment.