It sounds little bit like the (known) situation around cargo where it doesn't default to `--locked` and so results in surprising behaviour for many people. Thi

It sounds little bit like the (known) situation around cargo where it doesn't default to `--locked` and so results in surprising behaviour for many people. This particular issue is in regard to `cargo install`: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/7169 https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/7169 Oh, or, I guess, it might be how the version is specified--guess we need some more details on what "compile something after it wasn’t touched for a year" entailed.