[Lzip-bug] Lzd 1.2-rc2 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lzd 1.2-rc2 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzd/lzd-1.2-rc2.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lzd/lzd-1.2-rc2.tar.gz

The sha256sums are:
727dbf8c792b6f79d0221b9c0ee79d7e9cf193db77657454f1a77238cc9d01ce 
lzd-1.2-rc2.tar.lz
6731a41e76f8658cec6beb585649277d3a14422ea0fa01a7b9b32904ad00d03e 
lzd-1.2-rc2.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 is compliant with the lzip specification; it 
verifies the 3 integrity factors.

The source of lzd is also used as a reference in the description of the 
media type 'application/lzip'.
See http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-diaz-lzip

Lzd decompresses from standard input to standard output. It accepts (and 
ignores) the option '-d' for compatibility with other lzip tools. In 
particular, accepting the option '-d' allows lzd to be used as argument to 
the option '--lz' of the tools from the zutils package.

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:

  * Lzd now prints a license notice in the usage information.

  * 3 new test files have been added to the testsuite.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lzd author and maintainer.
Self-determination is a human right. Free Catalan political prisoners.
--
If you care about interoperability and 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.