Cargo should check for windows-reserved filenames when extracting a package.

[Skgland]

EDIT (ehuss): The issue is that navi includes a file named aux.rs which is not a valid filename on windows. Cargo should check for these reserved filenames while extracting and provide a better error message.

Problem

On Windows Cargo failes to install a package because it fails to set mtime fo a file.
The package where the error occourse is navi version 2.2.0

Console Log

Steps

1. On windows run cargo install navi

Possible Solution(s)

Notes

Output of cargo version:
cargo 1.44.0-nightly (7019b3ed3 2020-03-17)

cargo 1.42.0 (86334295e 2020-01-31) has the same problem under Windows but gives shorter error trace.

Same package and cargo versions work under Linux Mint.
Also I currently cannot reproduce this with other packages.

[alexcrichton]

This is likely cropping up due to #7935 (cc @cwndrws)

I'm unfortunately not really sure what this error message means, it seems highly likely to be related to something Windows-specific, though.

[ehuss]

aux.rs is not a valid filename on windows. As of #7959 Cargo will now display a warning when publishing a package with names like these. But it should probably check for these explicitly when extracting, too, so it is not so confusing.

[hbina]

Since this is marked Easy, I assume an explicit warning of this behavior by Windows is sufficient? Or is there a way to work around this

[ehuss]

@hbina Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question.

I think the best thing to do is to just elaborate the error message when extracting a reserved file.

Extracting happens around here. When an error happens, Cargo should check (only on Windows) if the file name (minus any extension), or any of the directory components is reserved (using is_windows_reserved). If so, add a hint to the error message explaining that the package contains a reserved filename on Windows, and cannot be used.

[hbina]

that answered my question. Thanks!

[CPerezz]

Hey, if @hbina is not going to work on this, I would like to take that issue! :)