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FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in xz-utils, a suite of software that

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List of "Essential" 1.7.10 Mods

This is a list of Minecraft 1.7.10 mods that are not focused on adding new original content. Instead, they make the base game run better, or port over features from other versions of vanilla.

These lists try to comprehensively list all the available options. You will not want to use all of the listed mods at once.

Some of the listed mods require a Mixin bootstrap mod in order to work. See the Mixin mods section near the end of the document for information about that.

Table of Contents

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Cross instructions

These instructions cover:

1. building a cross toolchain
2. populating the new ROOT
3. making it chrootable using qemu-user to easily run "native" builds or tests (this is like a stage3 at the end)

You do not need to follow through to the end if you don't need a stage3-like root.

Set up the toolchain