--extern Options

  • Tracking issue for --extern crate modifiers: #98405
  • Tracking issue for noprelude: #98398
  • Tracking issue for priv: #98399
  • Tracking issue for nounused: #98400

The behavior of the --extern flag can be modified with noprelude, priv or nounused options.

This is unstable feature, so you have to provide -Zunstable-options to enable it.

Examples

Use your own build of the core crate.

rustc main.rs -Z unstable-options --extern noprelude:core=libcore.rlib

To use multiple options, separate them with a comma:

rustc main.rs -Z unstable-options --extern noprelude,priv,nounused:mydep=mydep.rlib

Options

  • noprelude: Do not add the crate to the external prelude. If used, it will need to be imported using extern crate. This is used by the build-std project to simulate compatibility with sysroot-only crates.
  • priv: Mark the crate as a private dependency for the exported_private_dependencies lint.
  • nounused: Suppress unused-crate-dependencies warnings for the crate.