Cargo install re-downloads and builds everything

1 · Users Rust Lang · May 25, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
software development Rust Dependencies cargo
Summary
The author questions the behavior of the `cargo install --path .` command in Rust and whether its tendency to re-download and rebuild all dependencies is intentional, contrary to what might be expected when using existing build artifacts.
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