[Lzip-bug] Lzd 1.2-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lzd 1.2-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzd/lzd-1.2-rc1.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzd/lzd-1.2-rc1.tar.gz

The sha256sums are:
14bbfbd9fed133c96e626c75c757367fe7a1e21ff316c81924356f13c384888e 
lzd-1.2-rc1.tar.lz
a72833fa01a033adc4f5ecbbc917ecb7183e7dd754e1afde0e89240844d0f92f 
lzd-1.2-rc1.tar.gz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Lzd is a simplified decompressor for the lzip format with an educational 
purpose. Studying its source is a good first step to understand how lzip works.

The source of lzd is used in the lzip manual as a reference decompressor in 
the description of the lzip file format. Reading the lzip manual will help 
you understand the source.

Lzd decompresses from standard input to standard output. Lzd will correctly 
decompress the concatenation of two or more compressed files. The result is 
the concatenation of the corresponding decompressed data. Integrity of such 
concatenated compressed input is also verified.

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

Changes in this version:

  * Mismatches in member size are now verified. Lzd is now compliant with 
the lzip specification; it verifies the 3 integrity factors.

  * Lzd's source code is used as a reference in the description of the 
media type 'application/lzip'.
See http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-diaz-lzip

  * The warning about "lzd not safe for real work" has been removed. (Lzd 
is safe, just not very convenient to use).

  * Lzd now accepts (and ignores) the option '-d'. This allows it to be 
used as argument to the option '--lz' of the tools from the zutils package.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lzd author and maintainer.
Self-determination is a right, not a crime. Free Catalan political prisoners.
--
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.