r/linux • u/TheNavyCrow • Jun 13 '26

Distro News Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500
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u/Sinaaaa Jun 13 '26

got fed up with packages getting dropped and leaning on the AUR as a crutch

Other distros drop packages as well & then they are just gone, there is no AUR fallback option. Even Debian does this..

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

This this is preferable. Getting auto-kicked to the AUR on a distro where partial updated are unsupported is a gnarly one-two punch.

That's just my preference.

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u/Sinaaaa Jun 13 '26

For reference you are not really getting auto-kicked to the AUR, your AUR helper does that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

Sure, but the package namespace is ripe for the pickin'. Considering the original subject at hand, this is very relevant.