Re: Re: [PATCH 3/4] kde.org.eclass: Handle src_unpack for live ebuild Corrosion here

Eli Schwartz <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:45:54 -0400

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On 6/10/26 6:57 PM, Duncan wrote:

> Rust/cargo would be where that rant I omitted would be aimed.  I 
> appreciate the security aspect but (as a different recent thread 
> discussed) I'm evidently not the only one frustrated with the forced 
> static linking and repeated should-be-unnecessary rebuilds, which has me 
> staying away from it in general to the extent possible.  Indeed, corrosion 
> is just a minor tool in the bigger picture; I'm not blaming it in the 
> least.

In theory, no reason rust should not be able / want to have the ability
to export shared libraries. In fact it can be done for exporting C ABIs
already. This PR is relevant:

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/105586

Take a look at the date of initial creation. ;)

Then look at the hostility people had to the idea. ;) ;) Rust simply
doesn't want to be useful for "systems programming".

-- 
Eli Schwartz

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