[Lzip-bug] Lziprecover 1.17-rc2 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lziprecover 1.17-rc2 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/lziprecover-1.17-rc2.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/lziprecover-1.17-rc2.tar.gz

The sha1sums are:
c10370ce789864e7c0baf2fd9efee7c4feb98391  lziprecover-1.17-rc2.tar.lz
576821e51b53a086fd3f268eb83e86e9612f74b7  lziprecover-1.17-rc2.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), able to repair slightly damaged 
files, produce a correct file by merging the good parts of two or more 
damaged copies, extract data from damaged files, decompress files and 
test integrity of files.

The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term 
archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability.

A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to 
repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with 
the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a 
corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.

If the cause of file corruption is damaged media, the combination GNU 
ddrescue[1] + lziprecover is the best option for recovering data from 
multiple damaged copies.

Lziprecover is able to recover or decompress files produced by any of 
the compressors in the lzip family; lzip, plzip, minilzip/lzlib, clzip 
and pdlzip.

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


Changes in this version:

  * Minor changes.

This is the last release candidate before 1.17 stable.


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

Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lziprecover author and maintainer.