[Lzip-bug] Clzip 1.9 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

I am pleased to announce the release of clzip 1.9.

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.

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:
b7b859d6ed994c3a7b369d47e602a261356649fcc443f0c1caa0f1692129856c 
clzip-1.9.tar.lz
cc0bcc42bdaaef5ffb5fed32cb01a68d6291ed2a5d4c4e1c0b487e18afd53baf 
clzip-1.9.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 1.9:

  * The option '-l, --list' has been ported from lziprecover.

  * It is now an error to specify two or more different operations in 
the command line (--decompress, --list or --test).

  * Compression time of option '-0' has been reduced by 6%.

  * Compression time of options '-1' to '-9' has been reduced by 1%.

  * Decompression time has been reduced by 7%.

  * In test mode, clzip now continues checking the rest of the files if 
any input file is a terminal.

  * Trailing data are now shown both in hexadecimal and as a string of 
printable ASCII characters.

  * Three missing chapters have been added to the manual, which now 
contains all the chapters of the lzip manual.


Please send bug reports and suggestions to address@hidden


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, clzip author and maintainer.

--
If you are distributing software in xz format, please consider using 
lzip instead. See http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html and 
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html#busybox