Hello, On Wed 26 Mar 2025 at 12:26pm GMT, Blair Noctis wrote:
> This one's over five years, > and you have probably already known the reason, > but I'll try to provide a reason to close this bug. > > Due to the static linking nature of Rust, > (dynamic linking exists, in the form of "dylib" and "cdylib", but is rare) > Rust libraries are currently just copies of source files, > to be used by compilation of dependent packages. > That explains those "non-Rust" files: > they are part of the upstream source. > (distributed on crates.io, specifically) > > They are in a way not installed to /usr/share/cargo, > as files belonging to the cargo package, > but to /usr/share/cargo/registry, > which is a de facto [cargo source] for those Debian packaged libraries. > I don't know if there is a better place. > It's not like Rust sources are allowed in /usr/lib or /usr/include. > > [cargo source]: > https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/source-replacement.html ISTM the particular files identified should never be installed in the binary package, regardless. -- Sean Whitton
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