WSL: "--distribution" flag breaks cargo commands

Environment

• IntelliJ Rust plugin version: 0.4.174.4743-221
• Rust toolchain version: 1.62.0
• IDE name and version: CLion 2022.1.3
• Operating system: Windows 11 + WSL Manjaro

Problem description

When running CLion with the intellij-rust and WSL as the target, the flag --distribution Manjaro is added each cargo command. Unfortunately, this flag does not exists, such that all command fail and running or testing Rust code doesn’t work.

Below the output, that is printed by CLion:

/home/x/.cargo/bin/cargo --distribution Manjaro --exec /bin/sh -c export PATH="/home/x/.cargo/bin:$PATH" && export RUST_BACKTRACE=short && export TERM=ansi && cd /home/x/repos/bitfalter/kellnr && /home/x/.cargo/bin/cargo check --color=always
error: Found argument '--distribution' which wasn't expected, or isn't valid in this context

	If you tried to supply `--distribution` as a value rather than a flag, use `-- --distribution`

USAGE:
    cargo [+toolchain] [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

For more information try --help

Process finished with exit code 1

Steps to reproduce

Target configuration:

Run configuration:

Run any cargo command through the IDE and it will fail with the error above.

[PeterGrace]

I think that this first command that is executed should be wsl.exe (which accepts the distribution flag) as its attempting to run shell commands further down the command pipeline, if you scroll over. I’m also having this problem with CLion 2022.1, windows 10, wsl2 (ubuntu.) I think there’s probably a place in the code that is supposed to be calling wsl but somehow got transposed to cargo, that, or there’s a settings option somewhere that is ambiguously named that really means “which command to execute to make calls into wsl.”

[lilianmoraru]

@vlad20012 I initially used this UI to set it up but it was failing due to the --distribution flag:

Ok, I see it now. It’s the same naming and I thought it picked the C++ toolchain. For people stumbling on this: I guess you need to create a new Rust toolchain(“Manage targets…”) and then either create a new config(chooses “Project default” and has the WSL icon) or manually switch back to “Project default”(note that the icon is confusing but it is WSL):