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layout: post
title: diffoscope 68 released
author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
---

The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope
version `68`. This version includes the following changes:

```
[ Chris Lamb ]

* Don't blow up if directory containing ELF debug symbols already exists.
  (Closes: #850807)
* Fix .APK extration when provided with absolute filenames.
  (Closes: #850485)
* Support comparing .ico files using img2txt. (Closes: #850730)
* comparators.utils.file: If we don't have an archive-extraction tool (eg.
  apktool), don't blow up when attempting to unpack it.
* Include magic file type when we know the file format but can't find
  file-specific details. (Closes: #850850)
* Ensure fake "APK metadata" file appears first, fixing non-deterministic
  tests/output.
* Correctly escape value of href="" elements (re. #849411)

* Optimisations:
  - Disable profiling entirely (unless enabled) for a 2%+ optimisation
  - Compile APK filename regex instead of generating it each loop.

* Logging:
  - Log tempfile cleanup process
  - Log when we add a progress observer.
  - Drop milliseconds from log output

* Misc:
  - Many unused import removals, indentation changes, etc.
  - Fix duplicated word and long line errors in debian/changelog.
  - Suggest some promotion in post-release documentation.

[ Maria Glukhova ]
* comparators/device: don't crash when comparing a non-device against a
  device (Closes: #850055)
* Remove archive name from apktool.yml and rename it. (Closes: #850501)
* Zipinfo included in APK files comparison. (Closes: #850502)
  - Add some tests for APK comparator.
* Add image metadata comparison. (Closes: #849395)
* Ensure imagemagick version is new enough for image metadata tests.

[ Mattia Rizzolo ]
* Skip the openssh_pub_key test if the version of ssh is < 6.9.
* comparators/icc: rename RE_FILE_EXTENSION to RE_FILE_TYPE, as that's what
  the regular expression is looking for.
* Make use of a new mechanism to remove a bunch of recognizes() methods
  dealing with simple RE_FILE_TYPE matching.
```

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