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Stewart X Addison

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Adoptium (java - Eclipse Temurin) PMC member
NodeJS collaborator + build/docker/release/performance Working Groups
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OSS, tech toys etc. (often #RISCV!)
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Former Solaris fan
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Node.js security releases are available - there are a few high severity issues fixed as well as an update to fix the well publicised intermediate CA compromise: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2026-security-releases
#NodeJS #security

nodejs.orgNode.js — Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Security ReleasesNode.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
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That was "fun". It seems that #starfive's linux-headers .deb package for their kernels is compressed with zstd rather than gz/xz which is not supported by the version of dpkg shipped with their own Debian bookworm image on #RISCV.

Fortunately you can extract the downloaded .deb, recompress the files and create a new .deb:

ar -m -c -a sdsd linux-headers-6.6.20-starfive_6.6.20-vf2-1SF_riscv64.deb debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz

then install them with "dpkg -i"

https://github.com/yktoo/indicator-sound-switcher/issues/113#issuecomment-997810115

GitHubDEB install: unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst' · Issue #113 · yktoo/indicator-sound-switcherDescribe the bug I tried to update indicator-sound-switcher but it errored on install. To Reproduce Basically install the .deb file or sudo apt update Desktop (please complete the following informa...
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