Can't build targeting msvc

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Hi guys,

I'm trying to setup a project targeting x86_64-pc-windows-msvc; however, I'm not even getting started. :cry: I can get it working targeting x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, so I think there's probably something I'm missing that I'm not aware of, but I can't figure out what.

I've setup probably the simplest test case to show where it's failing:

C:\Users\Charles\Repos>cargo new test

C:\Users\Charles\Repos>cd test

C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test>cargo build
    Compiling test v0.1.0 (file:///C:/Users/Charles/Repos/test)

C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test>cargo build --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --verbose
    Compiling test v0.1.0 (file:///C:/Users/Charles/Repos/test)
      Running `rustc src\lib.rs --crate-name test
         --crate-type lib -g
         --out-dir C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug
         --emit=dep-info,link
         --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -L dependency=C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug -L dependency=C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug\deps`
src\lib.rs:1:1: 1:1 error: can't find crate for `std`
src\lib.rs:1 #[test]
             ^
error: aborting due to previous error
Could not compile `test`.

Caused by:
  Process didn't exit successfully: `rustc src\lib.rs
     --crate-name test
     --crate-type lib -g
     --out-dir C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug
     --emit=dep-info,link
     --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -L dependency=C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug -L dependency=C:\Users\Charles\Repos\test\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug\deps` (exit code: 101)

I verified my path does include cl.exe here: ;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64. I've also tried with the current Stable and Beta Rust versions, getting the same results (installed to default locations).

Any ideas?

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Rust ships with libraries only for the same target triple that the compiler itself was built for. You've probably installed the x86_64-pc-windows-gnu version, which won't have libraries for x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.

The easiest fix in your case is to download version for the triple you want to target: https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.msi (it isn't shown on the downloads page, since msvc support is still experimental.

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Gotcha, I thought I read that it was becoming a supported taget in 1.4, so I was half expecting it not to work in 1.3, but I was expecting it to work in 1.4. That would definitely explain my issues. Thanks!

Edit: Just to confirm, this did indeed fix my issue! Thanks again!