Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[-] Narann@jlai.lu 2 points 3 months ago

Happy to see more rust!

I’m geniously curious : Is there a difference in binary sizes? 5%? 10%?

[-] Ferk@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Looks like it's split in library and binary, the binary itself is smaller, but if you add the size of the library it would be about 10% bigger. At least judging by the package sizes.

From https://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/r/rust-sudo-rs/
- sudo-rs_0.2.5-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb 2025-06-13 15:46 536K
- librust-sudo-rs-dev_0.2.5-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb 2025-06-13 15:46 580K
From http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sudo/
- sudo_1.9.16p2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb 2025-02-19 19:02 1.0M

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