Rollup merge of rust-lang#113259 - MU001999:diag/add-std, r=Nilstrieb

Suggest `x build library` for a custom toolchain that fails to load `core` Fixes rust-lang#113222 r? `@jyn514`
rust-lang-ci · Jul 2, 2023 · 1366ad3 · 1366ad3
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diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_metadata/messages.ftl
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ metadata_conflicting_alloc_error_handler =
 metadata_conflicting_global_alloc =
     the `#[global_allocator]` in {$other_crate_name} conflicts with global allocator in: {$crate_name}
 
+metadata_consider_adding_std =
+    consider adding the standard library to the sysroot with `x build library --target {$locator_triple}`
+
 metadata_consider_building_std =
     consider building the standard library from source with `cargo build -Zbuild-std`
 

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/errors.rs
@@ -646,12 +646,18 @@ impl IntoDiagnostic<'_> for CannotFindCrate {
             } else {
                 diag.note(fluent::metadata_target_no_std_support);
             }
-            // NOTE: this suggests using rustup, even though the user may not have it installed.
-            // That's because they could choose to install it; or this may give them a hint which
-            // target they need to install from their distro.
+
             if self.missing_core {
-                diag.help(fluent::metadata_consider_downloading_target);
+                if env!("CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL") == "dev" {
+                    diag.help(fluent::metadata_consider_adding_std);
+                } else {
+                    // NOTE: this suggests using rustup, even though the user may not have it installed.
+                    // That's because they could choose to install it; or this may give them a hint which
+                    // target they need to install from their distro.
+                    diag.help(fluent::metadata_consider_downloading_target);
+                }
             }
+
             // Suggest using #![no_std]. #[no_core] is unstable and not really supported anyway.
             // NOTE: this is a dummy span if `extern crate std` was injected by the compiler.
             // If it's not a dummy, that means someone added `extern crate std` explicitly and