[Lzip-bug] Clzip 1.14 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

I am pleased to announce the release of clzip 1.14.

Clzip is a C language version of lzip, 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 uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov 
chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format to maximize interoperability. The 
maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip file can be decompressed 
on 32-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and robust 3-factor integrity 
checking. 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 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:
78b40e42a0bcada2629eb255b5fc39a23bf793a2b20bb3c5e23c2b0fc2ed5c30 
clzip-1.14.tar.lz
f63fe1245b832fe07ff679e9b9b8687e9379ab613a26bfb0aca3754c8b162d73 
clzip-1.14.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 1.14:

  * 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.

  * 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 (de)compressing exactly one file.

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

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

  * It has been documented in INSTALL that when choosing a C standard, the 
POSIX features need to be enabled explicitly:
  ./configure CFLAGS+='--std=c99 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500'


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


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, clzip 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