[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.28-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.28-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.28-rc1.tar.lz

The sha256sum is:
c0054aa8703c97681a9b93efb1ed827f3b90049730a9300f05b60ae3a5f2d01d 
ddrescue-1.28-rc1.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 to rescue the good parts 
first in case of read errors.

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

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

Changes in this version:

  * The option '--verify-on-error' has been renamed to '--check-on-error'.

  * The option '--verify-input-size' has been renamed to '--check-input-size'.

  * The option synonym '--exit-on-error' has been removed and is no longer 
recognized.

  * In fill and rescue modes, ddrescue now makes a final fsync call on 
outfile to prevent an early exit if the kernel caches all the writes.

  * Option '-t, --show-status' of ddrescuelog now shows the mapfile names 
at verbosity level 0 if more than one mapfile is specified.

  * The variable MAKEINFO has been added to configure and Makefile.in.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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