Rust - Failed to Build

Michael Newman mgnewman at mac.com
Wed Mar 6 07:26:09 UTC 2019



> On Mar 6, 2019, at 13:35, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

> Rust is a programming language. The rust port provides a Rust compiler. You need a Rust compiler if you want to compile software written in the Rust language.

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> Now that the librsvg you use has been downgraded to a version that no longer requires rust, you can uninstall rust. You can safely try to uninstall any port anytime you like. If it is required by another port you have installed, MacPorts will let you know and will prevent the uninstallation.
> 
> MacPorts is a volunteer organization. The reason why nobody has fixed the bug you mentioned is that nobody has volunteered to do so. It looks like there is a suggestion in the bug report that raising the ulimit might help. If anybody would like to attempt to integrate a solution for this into the rust portfile and submit a pull request, that would be great.

Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed and informative explanation. I learned a lot.



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