ihatelinux@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoDoes any distro read through 100% of the source-code of a package before adding it to its repo?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down19
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareDoes any distro read through 100% of the source-code of a package before adding it to its repo?ihatelinux@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareSuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoA line of code that enables the backdoor was out present in the tarball. The actual code was obfuscated within an archive used for the unit testing.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoOK. So simply reading what was readable wouldn’t have helped. Thanks.
A line of code that enables the backdoor was out present in the tarball. The actual code was obfuscated within an archive used for the unit testing.
OK. So simply reading what was readable wouldn’t have helped. Thanks.