45 points | by SG- an hour ago ago
4 comments
Congrats on the Rust rewrite I guess.
I'm pretty sure apt is written in C++. Am I remembering wrong?
I feel like they should release manual update instructions since the update mechanism is vulnerable. Although I see my systems already updated via unattended upgrades.
edit: On lobste.rs I see a recommendation for `apt download`: https://lobste.rs/s/h7bvma/man_middle_arbitrary_code_executi...
dupe (2h ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50364814
Congrats on the Rust rewrite I guess.
I'm pretty sure apt is written in C++. Am I remembering wrong?
I feel like they should release manual update instructions since the update mechanism is vulnerable. Although I see my systems already updated via unattended upgrades.
edit: On lobste.rs I see a recommendation for `apt download`: https://lobste.rs/s/h7bvma/man_middle_arbitrary_code_executi...
dupe (2h ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50364814