New comment by icp1994 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/46082#issuecomment-1722403396

Comment:
A bit tangential, this template uses the `cargo` build style instead of the `meson` one and recommends checking all `meson.build` files during each update. I think this is probably not the ideal approach so I had these changes when I updated it locally a few months ago.

```patch
diff --git a/srcpkgs/helvum/template b/srcpkgs/helvum/template
index 1f3c89a66..071033ee1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/helvum/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/helvum/template
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 pkgname=helvum
 version=0.4.0
 revision=1
-build_style=cargo
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config clang libclang"
-makedepends="gtk4-devel pipewire-devel glib-devel"
+build_style=meson
+build_helper="rust"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config clang libclang cargo desktop-file-utils gtk4-update-icon-cache"
+makedepends="gtk4-devel pipewire-devel glib-devel rust-std"
 depends="pipewire"
+checkdepends="desktop-file-utils appstream-glib"
 short_desc="GTK patchbay for pipewire"
 maintainer="0x5c <dev@0x5c.io>"
 license="GPL-3.0-only"
@@ -13,17 +15,9 @@ homepage="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/helvum"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/helvum/-/archive/${version}/helvum-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e93afa788d3e50bae489db888ecf0d79e5735b8f4f8b29fe4174540b0872b622
 
-post_install() {
-	# Normally, meson would do this, but it's simpler to use the cargo build style and do this manually
-	# This also avoids the need for makedeps/build steps that are made unnecessary by xbps' hooks
-	# On update, all meson.build files should be checked for changes
-	_app_id='org.pipewire.Helvum'
-	vinstall data/icons/$_app_id.svg 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
-	vinstall data/icons/$_app_id-symbolic.svg 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/
-
-	vsed -i data/$_app_id.desktop.in -e "s/@icon@/$_app_id/"
-	vinstall data/$_app_id.desktop.in 644 usr/share/applications/ $_app_id.desktop
-
-	vsed -i data/$_app_id.metainfo.xml.in -e "s/@app-id@/$_app_id/"
-	vinstall data/$_app_id.metainfo.xml.in 644 usr/share/metainfo/ $_app_id.metainfo.xml
+post_patch() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		vsed -i src/meson.build \
+		 	-e "s%rust_target /%'${RUST_TARGET}' / rust_target /%"
+	fi
 }
```