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   David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) (david_chisnall@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jul-2026 23:15:39 JST David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

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   svgbob looks nice, but depends on a newer version of cargo / rustc than ships in Ubuntu 24.04 (and, of course, it isn't in the Ubuntu packages, because 'work with distributions to get your stuff packaged' is not something the Rust ecosystem likes to do).

   EDIT: Wow, the Rust situation on Ubuntu is so much worse than I thought. Ubuntu ships with old Rust that can't compile new things. You can install rustup via a curl | bash thing, but it is an interactive install (not suitable for a container), or via a snap (does not work in a container). Moving on, next option must not require Rust (or must work with early 2024 Rust).

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jul-2026 23:17:22 JST Rich Felker

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     @david_chisnall @whitequark It's so irresponsible and so typically Rust making stuff depend on bleeding edge versions rather than stuff that's been stable and widely available for a decade or more.