Wow:

"That line is *not* in the upstream source of build-to-host, nor is

build-to-host used by xz in git. However, it is present in the tarballs

released upstream, except for the "source code" links, which I think github"

They pwned the release distribution; source in git is fine.

Nuts.

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Source in git has the malicious binary, though. A malicious committer did it, not just anyone.

Fascinated to behold. 🍿

the source apparently does include some code that the exploit needs for it to work