Failed to execute `rustup update` in the Rust `devcontainer`

[rami3l]

I get the same problem calling rustup update in a devcontainer. The devcontainer just installs 1.84 and I need 1.85. I get

vscode ➜ /workspaces/my_project $ rustup update
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: latest update on 2025-02-20, rust version 1.85.0 (4d91de4e4 2025-02-17)
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: downloading component 'rust-src'
info: downloading component 'rust-analysis'
info: downloading component 'rls'
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
info: downloading component 'rustc'
 69.5 MiB /  69.5 MiB (100 %)  27.2 MiB/s in  2s ETA:  0s
info: removing previous version of component 'clippy'
info: rolling back changes
error: could not rename component file from '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/58z480gzx9kr9vug_dir/bk'
info: checking for self-update

  stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu update failed - rustc 1.84.1 (e71f9a9a9 2025-01-27)

info: cleaning up downloads & tmp directories

Originally posted by @Psy-Kai in #4181

[rami3l]

@psy-kai I cannot seem to be able to reproduce this on my machine. Here's what I've tried:

> uname -moprsv
Darwin 24.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan  2 20:24:16 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 arm
> git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-try-rust && cd vscode-remote-try-rust
[..]
> devcontainer up --workspace-folder .
[..]
> devcontainer exec --workspace-folder . bash

Now we have entered the devcontainer.

$ rustup show active-toolchain
1.83.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu (default)

Having noticed that the default toolchain is 1.83.0, let's pretend it's stable to trigger the update.

$ sudo mv /usr/local/rustup/toolchains/1.83.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/ /usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/ 
$ rustup update
[..]
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: downloading component 'rust-src'
info: downloading component 'rust-analysis'
info: downloading component 'rls'
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
info: downloading component 'rustc'
 83.9 MiB /  83.9 MiB (100 %)  16.8 MiB/s in  5s ETA:  0s
info: removing previous version of component 'clippy'
info: removing previous version of component 'rustfmt'
info: removing previous version of component 'rust-src'
info: removing previous version of component 'rust-analysis'
info: removing previous version of component 'rls'
info: removing previous version of component 'cargo'
info: removing previous version of component 'rust-std'
info: removing previous version of component 'rustc'
info: installing component 'clippy'
info: installing component 'rustfmt'
info: installing component 'rust-src'
info: installing component 'rust-analysis'
info: installing component 'rls'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'rust-std'
 29.6 MiB /  29.6 MiB (100 %)  18.5 MiB/s in  1s ETA:  0s
info: installing component 'rustc'
 83.9 MiB /  83.9 MiB (100 %)  19.8 MiB/s in  4s ETA:  0s
info: checking for self-update

  stable-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu updated - rustc 1.85.0 (4d91de4e4 2025-02-17) (from rustc 1.83.0 (90b35a623 2024-11-26))

[Psy-Kai]

Following your commands I get

vscode ➜ /workspaces/vscode-remote-try-rust (main) $ sudo mv /usr/local/rustup/toolchains/1.83.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/ /usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
vscode ➜ /workspaces/vscode-remote-try-rust (main) $ rustup update
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: latest update on 2025-02-20, rust version 1.85.0 (4d91de4e4 2025-02-17)
info: downloading component 'clippy'
info: downloading component 'rustfmt'
info: downloading component 'rust-src'
info: downloading component 'rust-analysis'
info: downloading component 'rls'
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
 26.7 MiB /  26.7 MiB (100 %)  11.9 MiB/s in  2s ETA:  0s
info: downloading component 'rustc'
 69.5 MiB /  69.5 MiB (100 %)  13.5 MiB/s in  5s ETA:  0s
info: removing previous version of component 'clippy'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'
info: retrying renaming '/usr/local/rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/clippy/README.md' to '/usr/local/rustup/tmp/ji2b2lqwqdvxg6z5_file'

Sorry I did not specify my whole setup:

• wsl2 - debian
• podman instead of docker (which should not be a problem)

OT: thanks for the very fast and friendly response :)

[rami3l]

@Psy-Kai From my personal experience, podman is known to have subtle bugs compared to docker, and that's why I have both on my workstation. [^1] Would you mind giving docker another try for the sake of science?

[^1]: One subtle difference, for example, is that https://github.com/grafana/docker-otel-lgtm never actually boots up on podman, but works perfectly with docker.

[Psy-Kai]

So I setup two fresh debian bookworm 12.9 vms, one with podman and one with docker. With both I get the "retrying renaming" bug in the devcontainer.