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points by pjc50 3 days ago | 0 comments
> as we found interesting things in there which explained why they were so reluctant to deploy upgrades

.. backdoors which enabled the dev to deploy exploits of their own which wouldn't be visible through CI?

[–] hirako2000 3 days ago
No, rather a particular environment with monkey patched libraries, alias for various versions of compliers, and dozens of env variables that happen to work or not work well with the desired config.
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