| Dependency compiled with different version of `rustc`. | |
| Example of erroneous code: | |
| `a.rs` | |
| ```ignore (cannot-link-with-other-tests) | |
| // compiled with stable `rustc` | |
| #[crate_type = "lib"] | |
| ``` | |
| `b.rs` | |
| ```ignore (cannot-link-with-other-tests) | |
| // compiled with nightly `rustc` | |
| #[crate_type = "lib"] | |
| extern crate a; // error: found crate `a` compiled by an incompatible version | |
| // of rustc | |
| ``` | |
| This error is caused when the version of `rustc` used to compile a crate, as | |
| stored in the binary's metadata, differs from the version of one of its | |
| dependencies. Many parts of Rust binaries are considered unstable. For | |
| instance, the Rust ABI is not stable between compiler versions. This means that | |
| the compiler cannot be sure about *how* to call a function between compiler | |
| versions, and therefore this error occurs. | |
| This error can be fixed by: | |
| * Using [Cargo](../cargo/index.html), the Rust package manager and | |
| [Rustup](https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/), the Rust toolchain installer, | |
| automatically fixing this issue. | |
| * Recompiling the crates with a uniform `rustc` version. |