Re: Building "cargo-c": over 400 packages to be downloaded?

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:24:47AM +0100, Rainer Fiebig wrote:
> Am 12.03.26 um 21:43 schrieb Joe Locash ([email protected] via
> blfs-support Mailing List):
> > On 3/12/26 6:28 AM, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-support
> > Mailing List) wrote:
> >> "Cargo-c" is required for later versions of librsvg which I wanted to
> >> update for security-reasons (SA 12.4 098).
> >>
> >> An offline-build of cargo-c doesn't seem possible and the download of
> >> file "cargo.lock" is necessary.  I checked version -0.10.21 of that file
> >> and it has over 400 "package" sections, all with name and url:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> > You can do an offline build. On your system with internet access after
> > you extract and cd into the cargo-c source dir, just do a "cargo vendor".
> 
> Great!  Thank you!  I now faintly remember that I once used this "cargo
> vendor" trick for an other package.  And I think that it was _you_ who
> suggested it at the time.  Maybe in context with offline-building of rustc.
> 
> > 
> > It will download all the crates it thinks it needs. Save the vendor dir
> > and copy it to your offline box and put it into the cargo-c source dir
> > there. Make sure to follow the directions that are displayed after doing
> > the vendor. I do all of my builds offline.
> 
> I'll try it tomorrow.  This way one has at least a chance to take a look
> at what was downloaded and is used for the build.  I build rustc offline
> but otherwise try to keep away from rust-stuff as much as possible.

I have tried to avoid rust as much of possible, but I need rustc to 
build Firefox and Mesa3D AMD drivers.  A lot of crates for a few 
packages!

Pierre

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