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### 2024-03-30 - xz-utils Backdoor
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In response to the recent [xz
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backdoor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor) we have rebuilt the
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xz packages for [msys](https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/pull/4475) and
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[mingw](https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/20479) from the git source
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instead of the tarball, following what [Arch Linux
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did](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/xz/-/commits/main).
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Although we have built and shipped the affected versions, there is no indication
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at this time that this issue has affected MSYS2 users.
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### 2024-02-21 - Note to the remaining Windows 7 / 8.0 users
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Note to Windows 7 / 8.0 users: While we stopped supporting these systems over a year

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