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This module provides a convenient way to create directories of arbitrary
depth and to delete an entire directory subtree from the file system.
This release fixes a possible setting arbitrary mode on an arbitrary file in
rmtree() and remove_tree() calls known as CVE-2017-6512.
[ 1 ] Bug #1457832 - CVE-2017-6512 perl-File-Path: rmtree/remove_tree race condition
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457832
su -c 'dnf upgrade perl-File-Path' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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