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

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[-] Ferk@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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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