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The xz package has been backdoored, you need to update your system now (archlinux.org)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The downside to bleeding edge…

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This backdoor has existed for the past 2 months. If anything, Arch was one of the first to roll out the fix.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Sure, but if you went the Debian way of things….. you wouldn’t have had the back door version for three more years

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Without knowing my arch installation has xz 5.6.1-2