A script to conditionally install (or reinstall) clippy

[azriel91]

Hiya, related to #2108, I wrote a script to

• Install clippy if it is not already installed
• If it is installed, check compatibility with current nightly. If it is compatible, do nothing.
• If it is not compatible install it with --force.

Script: https://gist.github.com/azriel91/6d7ab1d865d266d50dabfc8da78f6490

Do you think this repo is where that script should live?

Oh, I've only tested it on Ubuntu, so if we were to combine this with the rust-update script, it would need to be adapted for Windows and OSX (I don't have one, so can't test).

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Part of me is waiting for clippy to be released as a Rustup component: 👀

• Clippy 1.0 #1358
• Clippy plans rust-dev-tools/dev-tools-team#4

[TheIronBorn]

There is already a similar script https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-clippy#updating-rustc. Perhaps there are improvements to be made?

[phansch]

Thanks for the report and the script. Since we now ship Clippy only via rustup and only if it works, I'm going ahead and close this issue.