Could not able to release a file. getting error: could not compile 'libc' - rust

Question

I am very new to this language and coding field. Beginner to coding field as well.
I tried to build and release file but getting an error Compiling libc v0.2.62
error: Could not compile `libc`
pi#raspberrypi:~/Ganesh_Rust/Real_time/led_blink/src $ cargo run
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.09s
Running `/home/pi/Ganesh_Rust/Real_time/led_blink/target/debug/led_blink`
pi#raspberrypi:~/Ganesh_Rust/Real_time/led_blink/src $ cargo build --release
Compiling libc v0.2.62
error: Could not compile `libc`.
Caused by:
process didn't exit successfully: `rustc --crate-name build_script_build /home/pi/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/libc-0.2.62/build.rs --color always --crate-type bin --emit=dep-info,link -C opt-level=3 --cfg 'feature="default"' --cfg 'feature="std"' -C metadata=b79e3ef31fa8c249 -C extra-filename=-b79e3ef31fa8c249 --out-dir /home/pi/Ganesh_Rust/Real_time/led_blink/target/release/build/libc-b79e3ef31fa8c249 -L dependency=/home/pi/Ganesh_Rust/Real_time/led_blink/target/release/deps --cap-lints allow` (signal: 11, SIGSEGV: invalid memory reference)
code: this program which i wrote in VS code to blink LED on raspberry pi 3
use rust_gpiozero::*;
use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;
fn main() {
//create a new LEd attached to pin 17 of raspberry pi
let led = LED::new(17);
//blink the led 5 times
for _ in 0.. 5{
led.on();
thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10));
led.off();
thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10));
}
}
cargo.toml file:
[package]
name = "led_blink"
version = "0.1.0"
authors = ["pi"]
edition = "2018"
# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
[dependencies]
rust_gpiozero = "0.2.0"
I am getting output on Raspberry pi but executable file and binary files are large (5MB). So i thought if i do release maybe i can reduce size so tried to release using cargo build --release command but getting this error.

Answer 1

If you're using rustup-provided binaries, then this is a known issue upstream. There is a workaround in that issue, which is to set the following in Cargo.toml:
[profile.release]
codegen-units = 1
As an alternative, you can use the Debian rustc and cargo packages instead of rustup, which should work just fine. You can either download the packages from https://packages.debian.org/rustc and https://packages.debian.org/cargo, or you can add an appropriate APT line into /etc/sources.list (see https://deb.debian.org/ for an example). Note that Debian does not always have the latest version, but they should work.