[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.17-rc3 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.17-rc3 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.17-rc3.tar.lz

The md5sum is:
1ec43497b8c79394737c44a9bca47951  ddrescue-1.17-rc3.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:

  * The new option "-w, --ignore-write-errors", which makes fill mode 
ignore write errors, has been added. This is useful to avoid ddrescue 
exiting because of new errors developing while wiping the good sectors 
of a failing drive.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.