[Lzip-bug] Lziprecover 1.25-pre1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lziprecover 1.25-pre1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/lziprecover-1.25-pre1.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/lziprecover-1.25-pre1.tar.gz

The sha256sums are:
ccd153b87a3207a8311d69d8988ee429ec427e19e5c1f2a261ca6ddd5ae82b2c 
lziprecover-1.25-pre1.tar.lz
e41abfa9366c27dba8f4731f8d0a96907cf95adbeda933f6cfdb3bdf63373497 
lziprecover-1.25-pre1.tar.gz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip 
compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover also provides Forward Error 
Correction (FEC) able to repair any kind of file.

If the cause of file corruption is a damaged medium, the combination GNU 
ddrescue[1] + lziprecover is the recommended option for recovering data from 
damaged lzip files.

The homepage is at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html


Changes in this version:

  * The option '-F, --fec', which implements Forward Error Correction 
(FEC), has been added.

  * The options '-0' to '-9' (FEC fragmentation level) have been added.

  * The option '-b, --block-size', which sets the FEC block size, has been 
added.

  * The option '--fec-file', which sets the fec file to be used, has been 
added.

  * The options '-r, --recursive' and '-R, --dereference-recursive' have 
been added for recursive creation and reading of fec files.

  * The short name of option '--byte-repair' has been changed to "-B".

  * The option '--ignore-empty', which makes lziprecover ignore empty 
members in multimember files when decompressing, testing, or listing, has 
been added. By default lziprecover now exits with error status 2 if any 
empty member is found in a multimember file.

  * The option '--ignore-nonzero', which makes lziprecover ignore a nonzero 
first byte in the LZMA stream when decompressing or testing, has been added. 
By default lziprecover now exits with error status 2 if the first LZMA byte 
is nonzero in any member of the input files.

  * The option '--clear-marking' has been renamed to '--nonzero-repair'.

  * Options '--empty-error' and '--marking-error' have been removed.

  * Lzip 1.16 (or clzip 1.6) or newer is required to run the tests.


[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lziprecover author and maintainer.

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