Recommended update for fdupes

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2024:1877-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1195709 bsc#1197484
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP5 Basesystem Module 15-SP6 openSUSE Leap 15.4 openSUSE Leap 15.5 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for fdupes fixes the following issues:

• Do not use sqlite, as this pulls sqlite into Ring0 at no real benefit performance wise
• Update to 2.3.0:
• Add --cache option to speed up file comparisons
• Use nanosecond precision for file times, if available
• Fix compilation issue on OpenBSD
• Other changes like fixing typos, wording, etc.
• update to 2.2.1:
• Fix bug in code meant to skip over the current log file when --log option is given
• Updates to copyright notices in source code
• Add --deferconfirmation option
• Check that files marked as duplicates haven't changed during program execution before deleting them
• Update documentation to indicate units for SIZE in command-line options
• Move some configuration settings to configure.ac file
• Fixes for the new wrapper:
• Order duplicates by name, to get a reproducible file set (bsc#1197484)
• Remove redundant order parameter from fdupes invocation
• Modernize code, significantly reduce allocations
• Exit immediately when mandatory parameters are missing
• Remove obsolete buildroot parameter
• Add some tests for the wrapper
• Do not link the files as given by fdupes, but turn them into relative links
• Support multiple directories given (as glob to the macro)
• Handle symlinks (-s argument) correctly
• Simplify macros.fdupes to speed up the process (bsc#1195709)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-1877=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-1877=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-1877=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-1877=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2024-1877=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • fdupes-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debuginfo-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • fdupes-debugsource-2.3.0-150400.3.3.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195709
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197484