error: missing field 'description' for key 'package'

[dmitris]

When trying to run cargo rpm init, I'm getting the following error:

$ cargo rpm init
error: cargo-rpm fatal error: parse error: missing field `description` for key `package` at line 8 column 1

How is one supposed to provide the description field? Could we add it to the README documentation (or have I missed some doc piece that describes it)? Thanks.

[tony-iqlusion]

It's looking for a description key in the [package] section of Cargo.toml.

This is a standard attribute of [package]:

https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-description-field

[dmitris]

thanks @tony-iqlusion! Would it be worth to add to the README something like:
to use cargo-rpm, you need to have the packageandlicense attributes in Cargo.toml. See <link> for the additional information. ?

[tony-iqlusion]

Sure. Feel free to open a PR.

[tony-iqlusion]

cargo-rpm is unmaintained: #96