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<h1>Recommended update for fdupes</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2024:1877-1</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195709">bsc#1195709</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197484">bsc#1197484</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
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<p>An update that has two fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for fdupes fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Do not use sqlite, as this pulls sqlite into Ring0 at no real benefit performance wise</li>
<li>Update to 2.3.0:</li>
<li>Add --cache option to speed up file comparisons</li>
<li>Use nanosecond precision for file times, if available</li>
<li>Fix compilation issue on OpenBSD</li>
<li>Other changes like fixing typos, wording, etc.</li>
<li>update to 2.2.1:</li>
<li>Fix bug in code meant to skip over the current log file when --log option is given</li>
<li>Updates to copyright notices in source code</li>
<li>Add --deferconfirmation option</li>
<li>Check that files marked as duplicates haven't changed during program execution before deleting them</li>
<li>Update documentation to indicate units for SIZE in command-line options</li>
<li>Move some configuration settings to configure.ac file</li>
<li>Fixes for the new wrapper:</li>
<li>Order duplicates by name, to get a reproducible file set (bsc#1197484)</li>
<li>Remove redundant order parameter from fdupes invocation</li>
<li>Modernize code, significantly reduce allocations</li>
<li>Exit immediately when mandatory parameters are missing</li>
<li>Remove obsolete buildroot parameter</li>
<li>Add some tests for the wrapper</li>
<li>Do not link the files as given by fdupes, but turn them into relative links</li>
<li>Support multiple directories given (as glob to the macro)</li>
<li>Handle symlinks (-s argument) correctly</li>
<li>Simplify macros.fdupes to speed up the process (bsc#1195709)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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openSUSE Leap 15.4
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-1877=1</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.5
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<code>zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-1877=1</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
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<code>zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-1877=1</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-1877=1</code>
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Basesystem Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2024-1877=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
<li>fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195709">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195709</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197484">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197484</a>
</li>
</ul>
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