Re:Hard Rust requirements from May onward for all Debian ports
by kees99 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @04:14AM
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Yes, pretty much. When Fedora moved their package manager to python (yum->dnf), things were pretty rough around the edges. Still are, somewhat.
As for statically linked system package manager - there is an option for that in Alpine. Not the default though - file/storage size is not the only downside, upgrading also is.
Let's say apt depends on a bunch of libraries, some of which are updated quite often. Whenever any of those are upgraded, you have to recompile that staic binary (or worse, wait for maintainer to do it) and download/upgrade it. That take some time, and in meanwhile you're depending on old library version, which might be broken/vulnerable.
As for statically linked system package manager - there is an option for that in Alpine. Not the default though - file/storage size is not the only downside, upgrading also is.
Let's say apt depends on a bunch of libraries, some of which are updated quite often. Whenever any of those are upgraded, you have to recompile that staic binary (or worse, wait for maintainer to do it) and download/upgrade it. That take some time, and in meanwhile you're depending on old library version, which might be broken/vulnerable.