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The xz package has been backdoored, you need to update your system now (archlinux.org)
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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Why does xz exist anyway?

[–] Supermariofan67@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago (8 children)

It provides liblzma, an implementation of the lzma compression algorithm

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