Package freedup: Information

    Source package: freedup
    Version: 1.6-alt1
    Build time:  Jul 30, 2011, 11:20 PM
    Category: File tools
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    License: GPL
    Summary: Links substantially identical, duplicate files to save file system space
    Description: 
    Freedup eliminates duplicate files by linking them, and thus reduces the amount
    of used disk space within one or more file systems. By default, hardlinks are
    used on a single device, symbolic links when the devices differ. A set of
    options allows you to modify the methods of file comparison, the hash functions,
    the linking behavior, and the reporting style. You may use batch or interactive
    mode. Freedup usually only considers identical files, but when comparing audio
    or graphics files, you may elect to ignore the tags. Multimedia files often are
    a good target for deduplication.

    List of rpms provided by this srpm:
    freedup (x86_64, i586)

    Maintainer: Ildar Mulyukov

    List of contributors:
    Ildar Mulyukov

      1. fakeroot

    Last changed


    July 31, 2011 Ildar Mulyukov 1.6-alt1
    - initial build for ALT Linux Sisyphus
    Feb. 4, 2011 devel (AN) <AN@freedup.org>
    - Bugfixes in version 1.6-2
      + replaced softlink to symharden.c
    Jan. 11, 2011 devel (AN) <AN@freedup.org>
    - Changes to version 1.6-1
      + signal handler catches CTRL-C to free duplicates discovered so far
      + added if-defines to avoid double parsing of *.h files
      + removed inline directive [due to compile errors by request of Andres Meyer]
    - Enhancement in version 1.6-1
      + added listener interface
      + added new platform makefile for Apple Mac Version 10.6.0 i386 [tested]
      + catch filesystem errors (e.g. /sys) and print warnings instead of assertions
      + added (sp)lint rule for linux
      + added symharden tool to convert softlinks into hardlinks whereever possible
    - Bugfixes in version 1.6-1
      + added missing #ifdef HASHSUM statements [notified by Linc Davis]
      + using include of <sys/stat.h> instead of <linux/stat.h> [by Linc Davis]
      + added fclose() to mp4.c and checking all fclose()/fseek() result codes
      + linted mp3.c, mp4.c mpc.c, auto.c, ogg.c, jpg.c and my.c
      + partially linted freedup.c (e.g. splint does not fail anymore)
      + moved filesize variables in "extra" functions from size_t=int to ulong
      + incorporated patch to avoid segfaults [by Charles Duppy]
    - Known Bug in 1.6-1
      + Apple Mac version does not link different ownerships (yet reason unclear)