[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.18-pre7 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.18-pre7 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.18-pre7.tar.lz

The sha1sum is:
9791b3038d6f4707f19d2356b92617c052ce590a  ddrescue-1.18-pre7.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


Changes in this version:

  * Blocks skipped during the copying phase are no more marked as 
non-trimmed. They are tried in additional passes (before trimming). This 
speeds up the rescue in case of large errors by avoiding the creation of 
large non-trimmed areas.

  * "ddrescue.texinfo" has been renamed to "ddrescue.texi".


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.