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@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ Rust build dependencies
(or newer) package. The path to ``rustc`` and ``rustdoc`` must be
provided manually to the configure script.
+ Some distros prefer to avoid vendored crate sources, and instead use
+ local sources from e.g. ``/usr/share/cargo/registry``. QEMU includes a
+ script, ``scripts/get-wraps-from-cargo-registry.py``, that automatically
+ performs this task. The script is meant to be invoked after unpacking
+ the QEMU tarball. QEMU also includes ``rust/Cargo.toml`` and
+ ``rust/Cargo.lock`` files that can be used to compute QEMU's build
+ dependencies, e.g. using ``cargo2rpm -p rust/Cargo.toml buildrequires``.
+
Optional build dependencies
Build components whose absence does not affect the ability to build QEMU
may not be available in distros, or may be too old for our requirements.