[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.29-pre1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.29-pre1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.29-pre1.tar.lz

The sha256sum is:
ae69b6eb90ea3fc0839731e57f985075a43abb37a4185478a9359dd92ce6b7e4 
ddrescue-1.29-pre1.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 new option '--continue-on-errno' has been added.

  * If ddrescue exits because of a fatal read error, it now prints the 
value of the variable 'errno' so that it can be used as argument to 
'--continue-on-errno'.

  * When using '--ask' and '--verbose', print rescue options before asking 
user.

  * Option '--log-reads' now records the value of errno if different from 
EIO. (The four changes above suggested by Christian Franke).

  * The effect of option '-O, --reopen-on-error' has been extended to all 
phases.

  * It has been documented in the manual that '--reopen-on-error' may be 
needed when using '--continue-on-errno'.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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