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An audacity has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: audacity-2.4.2-4.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-8aaccdbb5f
2021-02-15 01:30:33.648523
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Name : audacity
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 2.4.2
Release : 4.fc33
URL :   http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Summary : Multitrack audio editor
Description :
Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you to
record sounds directly or to import files in various formats. It features
a few simple effects, all of the editing features you should need, and
unlimited undo. The GUI was built with wxWidgets and the audio I/O
supports PulseAudio, OSS and ALSA under Linux.

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Update Information:

Use system lv2, midi. ---- Explicitly specify system ogg. ---- Switch from
Python 2->3 ---- 2.4.2
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Feb 11 2021 Gwyn Ciesla - 2.4.2-4
- Use system for lv2 and midi.
* Tue Feb 9 2021 Gwyn Ciesla - 2.4.2-3
- Specify system ogg.
* Tue Feb 9 2021 Gwyn Ciesla - 2.4.2-2
- Python2 -> 3
* Sat Jan 2 2021 Brandon Nielsen - 2.4.2-1
- Cleanup unsupported Fedora version conditionals
- Update to 2.4.2 / cmake
- Make manual own its own folder
- Get rid of realname definition
- Reviewed, tested, committed, and built by Gwyn Ciesla, gwync@protonmail.com
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1807893 - audacity requires Python 2 to build
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1807893
[ 2 ] Bug #1836497 - audacity-2.4.2 is available
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1836497
[ 3 ] Bug #1904016 - CVE-2020-11867 audacity: insecure use of temporary directory leads to information disclosure [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1904016
[ 4 ] Bug #1918547 - The audacity package is very out of date, please update
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1918547
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-8aaccdbb5f' 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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