diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8c5a081..62ce7da 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,35 @@ +# Rust Prevention and Removal (Gentoo) (not affiliated with the actual evapo-rust product) +This repo contains mask, use and accept files for portage to keep Rust away from your systems. +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. + +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 +- polkit w/ duktape hasn't been mainstreamed yet, but patches are available + - add the miramir overlay and then enable the duktape use flag for polkit + - I might host the duktape patched ebuilds myself at some point + +## 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 \ No newline at end of file