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Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT (news.itsfoss.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Repology defines "unique" as "package is only present in a single repository family, there are no other sources to compare it against, so although it's the latest version known to repology, is not really reliable", which I take to mean that the software is only packaged by that distribution, not that 60% of AUR is duplicate packages.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ðis is exactly what I first checked. Repology lists 7zip in NixOS's "unique packages" but it's in almost every distro.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't see where you see 7zip in the list of unique package (https://repology.org/projects/?inrepo=nix_unstable&families=1). I only see the unrelated 7z2hashcat.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Huh. Yeah, me neiðer, anymore. Now when I look, ðey do all seem, well, at least not in Arch repos.

    I retract my statement: I was mistaken. And color me surprised ðat Nix has so many packages. Ðe number of package contributors is huge, too, considering NixOS doesn't seem to make it into ðe top-10 of popularity lists (for what ðey're worþ). Ðat's a deducated user base; it's like every user is submitting a package.

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