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Re:Xz: Can you spot the single character that disabled Linux... by asvitkine on Saturday March 30, 2024 @11:45PM (#39881215)
Shouldn't whatever is depending on xz supporting landlock be verifying that it's the case through blackbox tests or something? Otherwise a check like this even without the bug could end up disabling landlock if e.g. the compiler environment was such that a given header wasn't available...
Re:Xz: Can you spot the single character that disabled Linux... by saagarjha on Sunday March 31, 2024 @12:34AM (#39881474)
Yes, this is intentionally how autoconf is supposed to work.