GNU ddrescue 1.26 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

I am pleased to announce the release of GNU ddrescue 1.26.

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

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

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

The sources can be downloaded from http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ddrescue/ 
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ or from your favorite 
GNU mirror.

The sha256sum is:
e513cd3a90d9810dfdd91197d40aa40f6df01597bfb5ecfdfb205de1127c551f 
ddrescue-1.26.tar.lz

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 1.26:

  * While writing the mapfile, ddrescue now checks the return value of each 
call to 'fprintf' to catch any temporary failure of 'fprintf' not reported 
by the system when closing the file. (Hole in mapfile reported by Radomír 
Tomis).

  * Domain mapfiles may now contain unordered and overlapping blocks when 
'-L, --loose-domain' is specified as long as no block overlaps with other 
block of different status. (Suggested by Gábor Katona and Shaya Potter).

  * Ddrescue now shows the file name in all the diagnostics with a file 
involved. (Reported by Radomír Tomis).

  * Ddrescue now exits with status 1 on fatal read errors. (Suggested by 
Marco Marques).

  * Empty phases are now completely skipped.

  * Ddrescue now scrolls forward after each pass. This keeps on the screen 
the final status of the previous pass, making it easier to estimate the 
amount of work done by the current pass. (Based on a suggestion by David 
Morrison).

  * In case of error in a numerical argument to a command line option, 
ddrescue now shows the name of the option and the range of valid values.

  * The option synonyms '--*-logfile' and '--pause' have been removed and 
are no longer recognized.

  * Ddrescuelog now can convert between mapfiles and bitmaps of blocks (big 
and little endian). The new option '-F, --format' has been added to 
ddrescuelog. It selects the input format for '--create-mapfile', or the 
output format for '--list-blocks'. (Bitmap format proposed by Florian Sedivy).

  * Option '-d, --delete-if-done' of ddrescuelog no longer returns an error 
if the mapfile is read from standard input. Instead it behaves like '-D, 
--done-status' because there is nothing to delete.

  * 'ddrescuelog --show-status' now rounds percentages up to get the sum 
closer to 100%.

  * Three missing '#include <algorithm>' have been added. (Reported by 
Richard Burkert).

  * The description of the algorithm in the manual has been improved.


Please send bug reports and suggestions to bug-ddrescue@gnu.org


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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