[Lzip-bug] Lunzip 1.8-pre1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lunzip 1.8-pre1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lunzip/lunzip-1.8-pre1.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lunzip/lunzip-1.8-pre1.tar.gz

The sha1sums are:
eabeae05d7720af343004fd5008093ddef35483f  lunzip-1.8-pre1.tar.lz
25241c0307219cc2bacdf272e61acfadfa0d3642  lunzip-1.8-pre1.tar.gz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Lunzip is a decompressor for lzip files. It is written in C and its 
small size makes it well suited for embedded devices or software 
installers that need to decompress files but do not need compression 
capabilities. Lunzip is fully compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer and is 
able to decompress any lzip file using as little memory as 50 kB.

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.

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


Changes in this version:

  * Lunzip now verifies that the output file is regular when "low 
memory" mode is requested.

  * Some error messages have been adjusted to be identical to those of 
lzip-1.17.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lunzip author and maintainer.