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layout: post
title: diffoscope 112 released
author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
---

The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope
version `112`. This version includes the following changes:

```
[ Chris Lamb ]
* New features:
  - Add a --exclude-directory-metadata=recursive option to support ignoring
    timestamp differences (etc.) in nested archives/containers.
    (Closes: #907600, reproducible-builds/diffoscope#36)
  - Add support for comparing metadata in MP3 files.
    (Closes: reproducible-builds/diffoscope#43)
  - Add support for comparing .crx Chrome browser extensions.
    (Closes: reproducible-builds/diffoscope#41)

* Bug fixes:
  - Catch tracebacks when mounting invalid filesystem images under guestfs.
  - Ensure both WASM test data files are actually unique.
    (Closes: reproducible-builds/diffoscope#42)
  - Replace literal xxd(1) output in tests/data/hello.wasm with its binary
    equivalent. (Closes: reproducible-builds/diffoscope#47)

* Misc improvements:
  - Rework and comment logic determining a default for
    exclude_directory_metadata.
  - Fix a number of Ghostscript-related test issues regarding the update of
    this package from 9.20 to 9.26 in Debian "stable".

[ Mattia Rizzolo ]
* Make test_ps.test_text_diff pass with ghostscript 9.26.

[ Ed Maste ]
* Include relocation information in objdump disassembly.
  (Closes: reproducible-builds/diffoscope#48)

[ Graham Christensen ]
* Clarify notice if no file-specific diff caused fallback. (MR: !19)
```

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