[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.16-rc2 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.16-rc2 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.16-rc2.tar.gz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.16-rc2.tar.lz

The md5sums are:
15bc3fd3897f2bacdfc807e93c4eb7a8  ddrescue-1.16-rc2.tar.gz
1e798f2064725ec98dd17b026ebf79b5  ddrescue-1.16-rc2.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or 
block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue 
data in case of read errors.

GNU Ddrescuelog is a tool that manipulates ddrescue logfiles, shows 
logfile contents, converts logfiles to/from other formats, compares 
logfiles, tests rescue status, and can delete a logfile if the rescue is 
done.

The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

This version is also available in lzip format. If your distro doesn't 
yet distribute the lzip program, you can download it from 
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * The current position is now set to the end of the block when 
reading backwards, allowing perfect resumability also in reverse mode.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.