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# Rust-oleum: Rust Removal and Prevention (Gentoo)
## Because nobody should have rust on their system
(not affiliated with the actual rustoleum product)
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This repo contains mask, use and accept files for portage to keep Rust away from your systems.
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I don't like how people are forcing this language and I certainly don't like the so called "people" that use it. No I will not elaborate any further than the FAQ.
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The files are pretty self explanatory by themselves but I'll go over some specifics:
## polkit
- critical (?) system component using spidermonkey as its js engine
- yes it has a javascript engine, wtf right :/
- spidermonkey is a fuckhuge dependency for something like this
- spidermonkey versions past 78 all require rust to build
- it is a mozilla project after all
- polkit, which depends on spidermonkey, also depends on rust by proxy
### how to mitigate
- compile polkit with duktape instead of spidermonkey for its js engine
- duktape is much smaller than spidermonkey
## librsvg
- gnome project (god what the fuck)
- head dev = rustification freak
- used by literally anything that requires svg support
- seriously, try masking this package outright and see how many packages really depend on this (spoiler: a fucking insane amount)
- newer versions are fully made in rust
### how to mitigate
- 2.40 is the last version before rustification
- still hosted at ::gentoo
- who knows how long that will last...
- will probably have to host the ebuild for this at some point
- mask librsvg versions later than 2.40 (or rather anything after 2.41)
- explicitly enable version 2.40
