Prebuild Rust library

Author: allanbrondum

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
 
   node-windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest  
-    # environment: release # This step needs to use the release context to access credentials for code signing.
+    environment: release # This step needs to use the release context to access credentials for code signing.
     needs: [validate-preconditions]
     if: contains(fromJSON('["rc", "alpha", "node-windows"]'), needs.validate-preconditions.outputs.release_type)
     defaults:

scripts/distribution/windows/build-all.ps1

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ Write-Output "protoc version: $(protoc --version)"
 # Override the rust toolchain so that consensus rust dependencies use it.
 rustup override set $rustVersion-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
 
+# Sometimes it causes errors to build the Rust library indirectly 
+# via the Haskell concordium-consensus. Hence, we start by building it directly.
+Write-Output "Prebuilding node Rust library..."
 Push-Location plt
+rustup show active-toolchain
 cargo build --release --locked -p node-rust-library
 Pop-Location