[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.27-pre2 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.27-pre2 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.27-pre2.tar.lz

The sha256sum is:
1bbc381e529aa42af647e2ea1ed374cdb4b858fef486992f48fc529da982e1ad 
ddrescue-1.27-pre2.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:

  * A deadlock in command mode when stdout is fully buffered has been fixed 
by flushing stdout after executing each command. (Reported by Jeffrey Bosboom).

  * A missing '#include <cstdlib>' has been added.

  * The option synonym '--direct' has been removed and is no longer recognized.



Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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