[Lzip-bug] Clzip 1.11 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

I am pleased to announce the release of clzip 1.11.

Clzip is a C language version of lzip, fully compatible with lzip 1.4 or 
newer. As clzip is written in C, it may be easier to integrate in 
applications like package managers, embedded devices, or systems lacking 
a C++ compiler.

Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the 
one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) 
or compress most files more than bzip2 (lzip -9). Decompression speed is 
intermediate between gzip and bzip2. Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 
from a data recovery perspective. Lzip has been designed, written and 
tested with great care to replace gzip and bzip2 as the standard 
general-purpose compressed format for unix-like systems.

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

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

The sources can be downloaded from 
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/clzip/

The sha256sums are:
f47c75774ff7f4c7e845400129de1253803ed4908f98471b8119c20b4d1eed3f 
clzip-1.11.tar.lz
d9d51212afa80371dc2546d278ef8ebbb3cd57c06fdd761b7b204497586d24c0 
clzip-1.11.tar.gz

This release is also GPG signed. You can download the signature by 
appending '.sig' to the URL. If the 'gpg --verify' command fails because 
you don't have the required public key, then run this command to import it:

  gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 8FE99503132D7742

Key fingerprint = 1D41 C14B 272A 2219 A739  FA4F 8FE9 9503 132D 7742


Changes in version 1.11:

  * Detection of forbidden combinations of characters in trailing data 
has been improved.

  * Errors are now also checked when closing the input file.

  * Clzip now compiles on DOS with DJGPP. (Patch from Robert Riebisch).

  * The descriptions of '-0..-9', '-m' and '-s' in the manual have been 
improved.

  * The configure script now accepts appending options to CFLAGS using 
the syntax 'CFLAGS+=OPTIONS'.

  * It has been documented in INSTALL the use of
    CFLAGS+='-D __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO' when compiling on MinGW.


Please send bug reports and suggestions to address@hidden


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, clzip author and maintainer.

--
If you care about long-term archiving, please help me replace xz with 
lzip. See http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html#xz1
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/manual/lzip_manual.html#Quality-assurance and
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html Thanks.