Re: cargo-auditable and Debian

[kpcyrd <kpcyrd@archlinux.org>]

On 8/23/25 4:39 PM, NoisyCoil wrote:
> As for complementing dh-cargo-built-using, this seems a nice added touch 
> which we maybe don't exactly need (again, we already track metadata in a 
> more efficient way for the purposes of Debian -- just run `apt info` on 
> any rust package, installed or not), but which I would fully support if 
> the ecosystem converges towards using cargo-auditable.

I'm not sure the `apt info` approach scales. I'm currently faced with 
this problem:

E: rebuilderd: field-too-long Static-Built-Using (5126 chars > 5000)
E: Lintian run failed (policy violation)

Not sure what to do now.

cheers,
kpcyrd