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title: diffoscope 46 released
author: Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org>
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The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope
version `46`. This version includes the following changes:

```
[ Dhole ]
* Improve ELF comparisons by performing comparisons section by section.
  (Closes: #808197)

[ Jérémy Bobbio ]
* Further split readelf output when examining ELF files.
* Skip dumping ELF sections that are already covered by previous readelf
  calls to avoid redundant output. Thanks Mike Hommey for the report.
  (Closes: #808267)
* Fix ELF comparisons against non-existing files.
* Filter symbols for IP-relative ops from ELF disassembled output as
  they will create differences that don't really exist. Thanks Mike Hommey
  for the report and test cases. (Closes: #808207)
* Add forgotten requirements for tests with non-existing files.
* Improve tests for comparisons against non-existing files.
* Respect order of containers when performing comparisons. It makes the
  output somewhat nicer, especially for things that are expected to be in a
  certain order, like ELF sections.
* Fix comparisons of directory with broken symlinks. Thanks Tuomas Tynkkynen
  for reporting the issue. (Closes: #810825)
```

You find out more by [visiting the project homepage](https://diffoscope.org).