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   On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:31:27 -0000 (UTC), Henrik Carlqvist wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   > As John wrote, stable Slackware 15.0 has never been affected by any of   
   > those bad versions. For those running the alpha or beta version of the   
   > next stable Slackware, also known as "Slackware current", the bad   
   > versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 was included for a short time. However, if I   
   > understand things right, the xz.SlackBuild script used to build from   
   > source does not user cmake but the old school way of "./configure;   
   make"   
   > and did not produce any bad binaries. Even if Slackware would have had   
   > any bad binaries from any bad version it would not have become any ssh   
   > backdoor as Slackware does not run systemd.   
   >   
   > regards Henrik   
      
   Hello, Henrik.   
      
   That's interesting.  I was wondering whether systemd was involved in this   
   story.  One of the links I posted included a message that said something   
   similar.  Does systemd use ssh in some special way?   
      
   It is also interesting that cmake was involved.  I had never heard of it,   
   but this link (hopefully correct) helped me to understand:   
      
      https://thisvsthat.io/cmake-vs-make   
      
   Does Slackware's invulnerability to the xz bug illustrate the danger of   
   "enshitification"?  At least it does seem to underscore the value of   
   K.I.S.S.   
      
   -Joe   
      
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