[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.17-pre1 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.17-pre1 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.17-pre1.tar.gz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.17-pre1.tar.lz

The md5sums are:
8a62409a7c2dce7887ed79d1abe52925  ddrescue-1.17-pre1.tar.gz
42b1e28e8a2e2278cbbb26ff907256b5  ddrescue-1.17-pre1.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or 
block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue 
data in case of read errors.

GNU Ddrescuelog is a tool that manipulates ddrescue logfiles, shows 
logfile contents, converts logfiles to/from other formats, compares 
logfiles, tests rescue status, and can delete a logfile if the rescue is 
done.

The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

This version is also available in lzip format. If your distro doesn't 
yet distribute the lzip program, you can download it from 
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * The option "--sector-size" has been added as a synonym of 
"--block-size".

  * Ddrescue now terminates with an error if an unexpected EOF would 
discard any successfully read data, just as it does when the input file 
disappears from /dev.

  * Ddrescue now removes the last block from the logfile if it starts 
at the end of the input file and is not marked as finished. This 
automatically adjusts the logfile to shrinking input devices, like 
CD-ROMs written in Track-At-Once mode.

  * A bug has been fixed that prevented status to update after the 
system clock had been put back.

  * Control-C no more overwrites status message.

  * Generate mode no more requires the "--force" option when outfile is 
not a regular file.

  * The new chapter "Using ddrescue safely" has been added to the manual.

  * The target "install-bin" has been added to the Makefile.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.