Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 4 days agoDebian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunsetwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1176 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
arrow-up1176external-linkDebian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunsetwww.phoronix.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square88fedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
minus-squareDeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoWhat does this mean for the end-user? By how they worded it… the APT packaging tool next year will begin requiring a Rust compiler it seems like you need a Rust compiler as a dependency for simply having Apt installed on your system. Debian and most distros based on it do not even install a C++ compiler by default, and apt is mostly written in C++.
What does this mean for the end-user? By how they worded it…
it seems like you need a Rust compiler as a dependency for simply having Apt installed on your system.
Debian and most distros based on it do not even install a C++ compiler by default, and apt is mostly written in C++.