errors compiling on latest rust / fedora 40

[NeilHanlon]

Heya - I went to rebuild some containers I have and found messages like the following:

error: lint `box_pointers` has been removed: it does not detect other kinds of allocations, and existed only for historical reasons
  --> src/bin/common/protos/mirrormanager.rs:10:10
   |
10 | #![allow(box_pointers)]
   |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
note: the lint level is defined here
  --> src/bin/mirrorlist-server.rs:1:9
   |
1  | #![deny(warnings)]
   |         ^^^^^^^^
   = note: `#[deny(renamed_and_removed_lints)]` implied by `#[deny(warnings)]`

error: lint `box_pointers` has been removed: it does not detect other kinds of allocations, and existed only for historical reasons
  --> src/bin/common/protos/mirrormanager.rs:10:10
   |
10 | #![allow(box_pointers)]
   |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
note: the lint level is defined here
  --> src/bin/generate-mirrorlist-cache.rs:1:9
   |
1  | #![deny(warnings)]
   |         ^^^^^^^^
   = note: `#[deny(renamed_and_removed_lints)]` implied by `#[deny(warnings)]`

and

error: creating a mutable reference to mutable static is discouraged
   --> src/bin/common/protos/mirrormanager.rs:369:13
    |
369 | /             descriptor.get(|| {
370 | |                 let mut fields = ::std::vec::Vec::new();
371 | |                 fields.push(::protobuf::reflect::accessor::make_option_accessor::<_, ::protobuf::types::ProtobufTypeUint64>(
372 | |                     "TimeStamp",
...   |
405 | |                 )
406 | |             })
    | |______________^ mutable reference to mutable static
    |
    = note: for more information, see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/edition-guide/rust-2024/static-mut-references.html>
    = note: mutable references to mutable statics are dangerous; it's undefined behavior if any other pointer to the static is used or if any other reference is created for the static while the mutable reference lives
    = note: `#[deny(static_mut_refs)]` implied by `#[deny(warnings)]`

error: creating a mutable reference to mutable static is discouraged
   --> src/bin/common/protos/mirrormanager.rs:413:13
    |
413 |             instance.get(FileDetailsType::new)
    |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ mutable reference to mutable static
    |
    = note: for more information, see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/edition-guide/rust-2024/static-mut-references.html>
    = note: mutable references to mutable statics are dangerous; it's undefined behavior if any other pointer to the static is used or if any other reference is created for the static while the mutable reference lives

<snip>

error: creating a mutable reference to mutable static is discouraged
    --> src/bin/common/protos/mirrormanager.rs:3800:9
     |
3800 | /         file_descriptor_proto_lazy.get(|| {
3801 | |             parse_descriptor_proto()
3802 | |         })
     | |__________^ mutable reference to mutable static
     |
     = note: for more information, see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/edition-guide/rust-2024/static-mut-references.html>
     = note: mutable references to mutable statics are dangerous; it's undefined behavior if any other pointer to the static is used or if any other reference is created for the static while the mutable reference lives

Seems like some standard rust... stuff... :) Let me know if/how I can help!