[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.29-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.29-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.29-rc1.tar.lz

The sha256sum is:
8d8ba8f702edd9361a16073f19da0d922035fb02178848ef6db7501f0b83c690 
ddrescue-1.29-rc1.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 to rescue the good parts 
first in case of read errors.

The ddrescue package also includes ddrescuelog, an auxiliary 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

Changes in this version:

  * A compilation error on FiwixOS 3.3 about an ambiguous call to std::abs 
has been fixed. (Reported by Jordi Sanfeliu).

  * The chapter 'Syntax of command-line arguments' has been added to the 
manual.

  * Two examples of combined use with lziprecover have been added to the 
manual. (One of them uses the new Forward Error Correction (FEC) feature of 
lziprecover).

  * It has been documented in the manual that option '-b' of ddrescuelog is 
position dependent. (Reported by Winston B. E.).


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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