[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.17-rc2 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.17-rc2 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.17-rc2.tar.lz

The md5sum is:
6ac16c4c55480c4d97332c9b23f4f69e  ddrescue-1.17-rc2.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

Test versions of ddrescue are released in lzip format. In the improbable 
case that lzip is not packaged in your distro, you can download it from 
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * Ddrescuelog no more says that the logfile does not exist when it 
exists but is empty.

  * The manual now explains that only whole sectors can be read when 
"direct disc access" is used.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.