New comment by shizonic on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/25436#issuecomment-714754097 Comment: > > > The rusty_v8-0.11.0.tar.gz tarball is due to cargo beeing annoying when you want to patch, and it also doesn't do a shallow clone when pointed to a git repo > > > > > > May you explain this further? How did you build this tarball? Is it a own pkg template? > > It is essentially this branch: https://github.com/Johnnynator/chromium_build/tree/void and created with https://pypi.org/project/git-archive-all/ . This is the only patch on that compared to the official 0.11.0 [Johnnynator/chromium_build@e33d3ea](https://github.com/Johnnynator/chromium_build/commit/e33d3eae5f2b37e39c96b9dfb9d579fbf09d5f5b) . I had to got the tarball route, to prevent cargo cloning 1+Gb of files. Thx for explanation. I see the use of the tarball-way. Creative indeed. 👍