[Lzip-bug] Lunzip 1.8-rc2 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lunzip 1.8-rc2 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lunzip/lunzip-1.8-rc2.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lunzip/lunzip-1.8-rc2.tar.gz

The sha1sums are:
f1e103677562c2d9602286033ebb571388ac9f9f  lunzip-1.8-rc2.tar.lz
81609f1f0b2cf47c4edd518f8bf52dedb9b751f4  lunzip-1.8-rc2.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:

  * When decompressing, the file specified with the '--output' option 
is now deleted if the input is a terminal.

  * A configure warning happening on some shells when testing for gcc 
has been fixed.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lunzip author and maintainer.