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dnf-plugin-cow

DNF plugin to enable Copy on Write in RPM - Python3

About dnf-plugin-cow

DNF plugin to enable Copy on Write in RPM - Python3

This project links 2 native package records across 2 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.dnf-plugin-cow: recorded package coverageFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 records
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Project identity

Project
dnf-plugin-cow
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
2
Operating systems
fedora-43, fedora-44
License expression
MIT
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Open source repository

Source-reported description

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Installing this package enables a DNF plugin which changes the behaviour of librepo. Instead of downloading rpm files directly into cache before installation they will be "transcoded" into "extent based" rpms which contain all the constituent files of the rpm already uncompressed. This package depends on a version of rpm which includes /usr/bin/rpm2extents and the sub-package rpm-plugin-reflink which understands these "extent based" rpms and can install files without copying the underlying data. This package broadly assumes the root filesystem supports copy on write / reflink'ing. Today this means btrfs or xfs.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Fedora 43

  1. python3-dnf-plugin-cow

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source dnf-plugin-cow

    0.0.4-13.fc43

    DNF plugin to enable Copy on Write in RPM - Python3

    noarch43

Fedora 44

  1. python3-dnf-plugin-cow

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source dnf-plugin-cow

    0.0.4-15.fc44

    DNF plugin to enable Copy on Write in RPM - Python3

    noarch44

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