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| Name: wipe | Distribution: openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Version: 2.3.1 | Vendor: openSUSE |
| Release: 19.5 | Build date: Tue Feb 20 16:21:23 2024 |
| Group: Productivity/File utilities | Build host: reproducible |
| Size: 101075 | Source RPM: wipe-2.3.1-19.5.src.rpm |
| Packager: http://bugs.opensuse.org | |
| Url: http://wipe.sourceforge.net/ | |
| Summary: Secure Erasure of Data | |
Wipe is a tool that attempts to effectively degauses the surface of a hard disk, making it virtually impossible to retrieve the data that was stored on it. This tool is designed to make sure secure data that is erased from a hard drive is unrecoverable.
GPL-2.0-or-later
* Tue Feb 20 2024 Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
- Use %autosetup macro. Allows to eliminate the usage of deprecated
%patchN
* Mon Jan 04 2021 Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
- spec-cleaner (switch to https:// urls)
* Tue Apr 21 2015 mpluskal@suse.com
- Drop dependency on gpg-offline
- Use url for sources
- Cleanup spec file with spec-clener
* Thu Nov 29 2012 sbrabec@suse.cz
- Verify GPG signature.
* Wed Dec 21 2011 coolo@suse.com
- add automake as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
* Mon Dec 19 2011 coolo@suse.com
- remove call to suse_update_config
* Sat Feb 19 2011 asterios.dramis@gmail.com
- Update to 2.3.1:
* fixed Makefile bug! Running make uninstall removed target bin directory.
From 2.3:
* the default is now one single random pass <-- MAJOR CHANGE
* special files are no longer deleted by default
* support for wiping char devices, such as tape drives
* percentage reporting improved (thanks to Jason Tackaberry for patch)
* cleanup and exit upon SIGINT
* each wiped file prints on a seperate line
* skip unnecessary fdatasync()s, unless you want the extra accuracy on the %
shown (-e option)
* call fsync() on the file after name wipe, in addition to fsync on the
directory
* if fdatasync() fails, try for O_SYNC and only complain once per file
* fixed some off-by-ones
* fixed percentages for non-static wipes
From 2.2.1:
* added largefile support for linux and solaris (tested on linux)
* fixed drill_down(). it was using the wrong length to null term the string
- Spec file updates:
* Changes based on rpmdevtools templates and spec-cleaner run.
* Added description for patches based on openSUSE Patches Guidelines (where
possible).
* Updated the %description.
* Updates in %build and %install sections.
* Removed %changelog entries from spec file.
- Removed wipe-2.2.0-autoconf.diff and wipe-2.2.0-string.diff patches (they are
included upstream).
- Rebased wipe-2.2.0-errno.diff to make it apply.
* Wed Jan 25 2006 mls@suse.de
- converted neededforbuild to BuildRequires
* Mon Jan 16 2006 schwab@suse.de
- Don't strip binaries.
* Thu Jul 21 2005 anicka@suse.cz
- fix broken path handling (#70841)
/usr/bin/wipe /usr/share/doc/packages/wipe /usr/share/doc/packages/wipe/CHANGES /usr/share/doc/packages/wipe/README /usr/share/doc/packages/wipe/TODO /usr/share/doc/packages/wipe/copyright /usr/share/licenses/wipe /usr/share/licenses/wipe/LICENSE /usr/share/man/man1/wipe.1.gz
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