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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-631737a49a
2016-12-29 04:39:04.476415
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Name        : tracker
Product     : Fedora 24
Version     : 1.8.2
Release     : 1.fc24
URL         : Summary     : Desktop-neutral search tool and indexer
Description :
Tracker is a powerful desktop-neutral first class object database,
tag/metadata database, search tool and indexer.

It consists of a common object database that allows entities to have an
almost infinite number of properties, metadata (both embedded/harvested as
well as user definable), a comprehensive database of keywords/tags and
links to other entities.

It provides additional features for file based objects including context
linking and audit trails for a file object.

It has the ability to index, store, harvest metadata. retrieve and search
all types of files and other first class objects

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Update Information:

This update adds security sandboxing to tracker-extract.
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade tracker' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 24: tracker Security Update

December 29, 2016
This update adds security sandboxing to tracker-extract.

Summary

Tracker is a powerful desktop-neutral first class object database,

tag/metadata database, search tool and indexer.

It consists of a common object database that allows entities to have an

almost infinite number of properties, metadata (both embedded/harvested as

well as user definable), a comprehensive database of keywords/tags and

links to other entities.

It provides additional features for file based objects including context

linking and audit trails for a file object.

It has the ability to index, store, harvest metadata. retrieve and search

all types of files and other first class objects

Update Information:

This update adds security sandboxing to tracker-extract.

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-631737a49a 2016-12-29 04:39:04.476415 Name : tracker Product : Fedora 24 Version : 1.8.2 Release : 1.fc24 URL : Summary : Desktop-neutral search tool and indexer Description : Tracker is a powerful desktop-neutral first class object database, tag/metadata database, search tool and indexer. It consists of a common object database that allows entities to have an almost infinite number of properties, metadata (both embedded/harvested as well as user definable), a comprehensive database of keywords/tags and links to other entities. It provides additional features for file based objects including context linking and audit trails for a file object. It has the ability to index, store, harvest metadata. retrieve and search all types of files and other first class objects

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade tracker' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : tracker
Product : Fedora 24
Version : 1.8.2
Release : 1.fc24
URL : Summary : Desktop-neutral search tool and indexer

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