# target-spec
[](https://crates.io/crates/target-spec)
[](https://docs.rs/target-spec/)
[](https://guppy-rs.github.io/guppy/rustdoc/target_spec/)
[](CHANGELOG.md)
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Evaluate `Cargo.toml` target specifications against platform triples.
Cargo supports [platform-specific
dependencies](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/specifying-dependencies.html#platform-specific-dependencies).
These dependencies can be specified in one of two ways:
```toml
# 1. As Rust-like `#[cfg]` syntax.
[target.'cfg(all(unix, target_arch = "x86_64"))'.dependencies]
native = { path = "native/x86_64" }
# 2. Listing out the full target triple.
[target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.dependencies]
winhttp = "0.4.0"
```
`target-spec` provides the `eval` API which can be used to figure out whether such a dependency
will be included on a particular platform.
```rust
use target_spec::eval;
// Evaluate Rust-like `#[cfg]` syntax.
let cfg_target = "cfg(all(unix, target_arch = \"x86_64\"))";
assert_eq!(eval(cfg_target, "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu").unwrap(), Some(true));
assert_eq!(eval(cfg_target, "i686-unknown-linux-gnu").unwrap(), Some(false));
assert_eq!(eval(cfg_target, "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc").unwrap(), Some(false));
// Evaluate a full target-triple.
assert_eq!(eval("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu").unwrap(), Some(true));
assert_eq!(eval("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc").unwrap(), Some(false));
```
For more advanced usage, see `Platform` and `TargetSpec`.
### Optional features
* **`custom`**: Adds support for [custom
targets](https://docs.rust-embedded.org/embedonomicon/custom-target.html) via
`Platform::new_custom`.
* **`summaries`**: Adds the `summaries` module to enable serialization of `Platform` and
`TargetFeatures`.
* **`proptest1`**: Enables support for property-based testing of `Platform` and
`TargetFeatures` using `proptest`.
### Minimum supported Rust version
The minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is **Rust 1.82**. The MSRV history is:
* For target-spec 3.0.x: **Rust 1.66**.
* For target-spec 3.1.x: **Rust 1.73**.
* For target-spec 3.2.x: **Rust 1.75**.
* For target-spec 3.3.x and 3.4.x: **Rust 1.82**.
* For target-spec 3.5.x: **Rust 1.86**.
Within the 3.x series, MSRV bumps will be accompanied by a minor version
update. The last 6 months of stable Rust releases will be supported.
### Related crates
To pretty-print target-spec errors, consider using the [miette](https://docs.rs/miette)
diagnostic library with [target-spec-miette](https://crates.io/crates/target-spec-miette).
## Contributing
See the [CONTRIBUTING](../CONTRIBUTING.md) file for how to help out.
## License
This project is available under the terms of either the [Apache 2.0 license](../LICENSE-APACHE) or the [MIT
license](../LICENSE-MIT).