Article 715XS Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset

Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset

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Michael Larabel
from Phoronix on (#715XS)
Debian developer Julian Andres Klode sent out a message on Halloween that may give some Debian Linux users and developers a spook: the APT packaging tool next year will begin requiring a Rust compiler. This will place a hard requirement by Debian Linux on Rust support for all architectures. Debian CPU architectures with ports currently but lacking Rust support will either need to see support worked on or be sunset...
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