> On Jun 6, 2025, at 6:44 AM, Vidar Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In an attempt to reduce build times, a review[1] for lang/rust-bin as a
> new port was floated last year, but didn't get a whole lot of traction.
>
> While this is unlikely to be used as the default rust toolchain due to
> it being a precompiled binary from an external source, I believe it
> would be useful for many of us who build our own packages.
>
> Is there any interest in picking this up and getting it into the tree?
>
> [1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43341
>
> Too long; didn't click: the review adds a port for a pre-compiled rust
> toolchain and the Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk scaffolding for setting
> DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=rust=rust-bin.
I could see this being very helpful for people dealing with python packages.
You’ll still need to compile rust code - but not having to build rust itself
would be a timesaver for my CI/CD pipelines.
-Pete
