Am Donnerstag, den 01.11.2018, 14:47 -0400 schrieb Jean-Marc Pigeon via blfs-dev: > Hello, > > ... > > Well... as there is countries flags in "svg" format you > need librsvg, right.... > > librsvg need cargo (according designer, to be able to > easily set the compilation debug flag (?)), and cargo > is embedded with rustc... > > Wohhh... I have seen Email with a subject as "I hate rustc"..... > > Lets figure this out. > #metoo, "I hate rustc". > - 2 Build, hours apart won't give the same result, event > if it is the same version number. > - As package is huge (2Gig), compilation time is out > of control. > - No way to compile without being on the net. > - Its a "package deal" coming with own basic libraries set > (doubling the bugs surface) > - RPM file is near 600 Megs.... > (600 Megs for a compiler???, some time ago, I designed a > YACC parser in UCSD-pascal, within the Apple-II 64kbyte memory, > and it was able to compile its own YACC definition and rebuild > itself..., come on, 600 Megs for compiler...). > - Rustc project seems to be a biological chimera between > C (language) and modula2 (units implementation and > standardization) > - I wonder if rustc is an experimentation or a "coding bad trip". > > I (strongly) think rustc should be outcasted From Linux From Scratch. > > ... > I have never updated librsvg beyond 2.40.20, so no rustc on my systems. X11/Xfce works well so far. Ok, i also do not install firefox (systems are mainly servers) and i'm looking for alternatives. Does firefox *require* newer versions of librsvg or is it just because we have newer versions in book?
Currently looking at Vivaldi - a chromium based browser. But source tarball is 1GB in size - so my hope for something lightweight is rather small. -- Thomas -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
