OpenSCAP memory-consumption problems

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On systems with limited memory, the OpenSCAP scanner might terminate prematurely or it might not generate the results files. OpenSCAP stores all collected results in the memory until the scan finishes. In general, we recommend having a system with a memory of at least 2 GB to complete a successful scan.

There are multiple factors why memory consumption is so high:

  • compl...

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