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Fedora 42 perl-Devel-Cover Important Update for Code Coverage Issues

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Perl-Devel-Cover update for Fedora 42 addressing critical coverage metrics needs and vulnerabilities.
Update for Perl 5.40.4

Summary

This module provides code coverage metrics for Perl. Code coverage metrics

describe how thoroughly tests exercise code. By using Devel::Cover you can

discover areas of code not exercised by your tests and determine which

tests to create to increase coverage. Code coverage can be considered as an

indirect measure of quality.

Update Information:

Update for Perl 5.40.4

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue fedora important perl-Devel-Cover code coverage

Change Log

* Tue Mar 31 2026 Jitka Plesnikova - 1.44-7 - Rebuild for Perl 5.40.4

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2453132 - CVE-2026-4176 perl: Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities due to an outdated vendored zlib library [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453132

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-58dd426edd' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: perl-Devel-Cover
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 1.44
Release: 7.fc42
URL: https://metacpan.org/release/Devel-Cover
Summary: Code coverage metrics for Perl

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue fedora important perl-Devel-Cover code coverage

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