c/archlinux · by Vilian@lemmy.ca · 3y

lmao, this gonna be weird, but what is the output of 'pacman -V|base32|head -1'

i wanted to create an issue in the Archwiki for some outdated information, but the capsha is too complex for me and my fedora

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Maxy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 3y

It would probably be more useful to run an arch container in something like distrobox. “Pacman -V” outputs some version information, which changes quite often on a rolling release distro. If you run your own arch box, you wil always be able to get the newest captcha code.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

How is it a captcha if it’s machine-solvable?

CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y

Machines are better at solving captchas than humans. No, really.

nous@programming.dev · 3 pts · 3y

It works because it is different from other captchas that all have ways to workaround already automated. Having a niche problem for a niche community works surprisingly well for weeding out the widely cast bots that are designed to solve the common captchas. Though it wont do much for a dedicated attack - I don't think they have had much of a problem with these and the mods can always change tactic when it no longer becomes effective.

vsis@feddit.cl · 2 pts · 3y

You can install docker. Then...

$ docker run --rm archlinux pacman -V|base32|head -1
Unable to find image 'archlinux:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/archlinux
5bab4a299671: Pulling fs layer
c22c9691c4d8: Pulling fs layer
c22c9691c4d8: Verifying Checksum
c22c9691c4d8: Download complete
5bab4a299671: Verifying Checksum
5bab4a299671: Download complete
5bab4a299671: Pull complete
c22c9691c4d8: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:a816f62c10a68a77df6041efdec165e8638644e8209b21ee27d7ecfd3f83d823
Status: Downloaded newer image for archlinux:latest
BIQC4LJNFYQCAIBAEAQCAIBAEAQCAIBAEAQCAICQMFRW2YLOEB3DMLRQFYZCALJANRUWEYLMOBWS

eric5949@lemmy.cloudaf.site · 1 pts · 3y

Distrobox my dude. Run an arch container and run the command. Not super hard to set up since I barely know what I'm doing and I got it working.

vulnerability@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y (2 replies)

just paste it in terminal, it will give some random characters. Paste it in the captcha. This is honesty the best captcha I've seen. lol

Molecular0079@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

OP states that he's running Fedora, which doesn't have pacman.

vulnerability@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

oh... sorry then