Re: ClamAV needs newer rust

On 20/07/2026 23:17, Fabian Grünbichler wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026, at 11:08 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been preparing clamav upload for stable and noticed that one of its
>> rust bits requires rustc 1.87.0. There was once rust-web but this is
>> gone now.
>> I could try to downgrade it but there was a bug against an earlier
>> version where it failed to read (some) .tiff files and fix was a newer
>> rust component for it. Wouldn't be surprised if something similar did
>> happen for jpeg, too (the package asking for newer rustc is zune-jpeg).
>>
>> The NEWS file for 1.4.4 mentiones rustc 1.87 as the minimum.
>>
>> I guess the only way forward is via -bpo?
> 
> I think it is just a matter of time before rustc-web has to be
> reintroduced for Trixie (via chromium/firefox-esr) - AFAIK Andres (CCed)
> is already working on preparing it(s prerequisites).

I'm looking at a rustc-web update for trixie (using Andres' llvm update).

> That being said - it is often possible to undo upstream MSRV bumps with
> small patches, which might be an option here as well. If you need
> assistance with that, feel free to reach out to the Debian Rust team
> ([email protected], or #debian-rust).

That'd be great. I asked upstream about that, but apparently that was 
complicated [1].

Cheers,
Emilio

[1] https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/1689