[Lzip-bug] Lziprecover 1.24 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

I am pleased to announce the release of lziprecover 1.24.

Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip 
compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover is able to repair slightly damaged 
files (up to one single-byte error per member), produce a correct file by 
merging the good parts of two or more damaged copies, reproduce a missing 
(zeroed) sector using a reference file, extract data from damaged files, 
decompress files, and test integrity of files.

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/lziprecover.html

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

The sha256sums are:
92d09e7e9d7c1f5a144fe631e5c20eb7e82ff6eb43d4f8ab6b260c926303d89e 
lziprecover-1.24.tar.lz
1d699cfaefe92eb2624a3652580bcafe0bbb98fe7818c25e6de823bcdd0d458f 
lziprecover-1.24.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 --recv-keys 8FE99503132D7742

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


Changes in version 1.24:

  * The option '--empty-error', which forces exit status 2 if any empty 
member is found, has been added.

  * The option '--marking-error', which forces exit status 2 if the first 
LZMA byte is non-zero in any member, has been added.

  * The option '--clear-marking', which sets to zero the first LZMA byte of 
each member, has been added.

  * The keyword 'empty' is now recognized in the argument of '--dump', 
'--remove', and '--strip'.

  * The option '--repair' has been renamed to '--byte-repair'.

  * The option '--debug-repair' has been renamed to '--debug-byte-repair'.

  * File diagnostics have been reformatted as 'PROGRAM: FILE: MESSAGE'.

  * Diagnostics caused by invalid arguments to command-line options now 
show the argument and the name of the option.

  * The option '-o, --output' now preserves dates, permissions, and 
ownership of the file when decompressing exactly one file.

  * The option '-o, --output' now creates missing intermediate directories 
when writing to a file.

  * The option '--no-verify' of unzcrash has been renamed to '--no-check'.

  * The variable MAKEINFO has been added to configure and Makefile.in.

  * The makefile target 'install-as-lzip' has been removed because 
'--reproduce' needs a lzip compressor (not just a decompressor) named 'lzip' 
by default.


Please send bug reports and suggestions to lzip-bug@nongnu.org


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lziprecover author and maintainer.

--
If you are using gzip, bzip2, or xz, please consider the long-term 
advantages of switching to lzip:
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/manual/lzip_manual.html#Quality-assurance
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/safety_of_the_lzip_format.html