Recommended update for duperemove
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for duperemove
Performance is greatly improved:
- Checksum calculations are done in parallel
- Extent search algorithm is better optimized.
Many bugs have been fixed:
- Fix leak of directory file descriptor during file scan
- Fix EMFILES (too many file descriptors) error during dedupe
- Fix corner case with dedupe leaving a file open and not-queued for dedupe
- Fix hardlink detection on btrfs.
Usability improvements implemented:
- Prints file number status during csum phase
- Prints a status bar during extent seearch
- The 'show-shared-extents' program was added to help users examine file
state before or after dedupe
- Hashes can now be read/written from a file
- Support '-x' (one file system) option.
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2015:0442-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #915354 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.
Description:
This update for duperemove brings many enhancements:Performance is greatly improved:
- Checksum calculations are done in parallel
- Extent search algorithm is better optimized.
Many bugs have been fixed:
- Fix leak of directory file descriptor during file scan
- Fix EMFILES (too many file descriptors) error during dedupe
- Fix corner case with dedupe leaving a file open and not-queued for dedupe
- Fix hardlink detection on btrfs.
Usability improvements implemented:
- Prints file number status during csum phase
- Prints a status bar during extent seearch
- The 'show-shared-extents' program was added to help users examine file
state before or after dedupe
- Hashes can now be read/written from a file
- Support '-x' (one file system) option.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-107=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-107=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- duperemove-0.09-4.1
- duperemove-debuginfo-0.09-4.1
- duperemove-debugsource-0.09-4.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- duperemove-0.09-4.1
- duperemove-debuginfo-0.09-4.1
- duperemove-debugsource-0.09-4.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/915354