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+Enhancement: Enable xattr support, on NetBSD 10+
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+Restic now supports backing up, and restoring extended attributes, on systems running NetBSD 10, or later.
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+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5174
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5180