LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'hidapi.lib'

When I try to build crate with 'build' feature and git command isn't installed, cargo panicked with the message 'File not found'. It doesn't explain the problem and uninformative.

It would be nice if build.rs explains missing git problem more detailed. I like how it done in openssl-sys/build.rs.

I added 'build' feature and when I am trying to compile I got following error:

error: linking with `cc` failed: exit code: 1
... [skipped long-long command]
  = note: /usr/bin/ld: /home/********/target/debug/deps/libhidapi_sys-e7ecce37533f01a9.rlib(hid.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC`.

OS: Linux Debian 9 amd64
Rust target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

$ rust --version
rustc 1.24.0-nightly (f9b0897c5 2017-12-02)
$ gcc --version
gcc (Debian 6.3.0-18) 6.3.0 20170516

My Cargo.toml:

[dependencies.hid]
version = "^0.4.1"
features = ["build"]

I tried to add 'static' feature but it doesn't help.