[Lzip-bug] Clzip 1.8-rc2 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Clzip 1.8-rc2 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/clzip/clzip-1.8-rc2.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/clzip/clzip-1.8-rc2.tar.gz

The sha1sums are:
7b9f0f6b07ea7b5f80341a8441922beded1beae5  clzip-1.8-rc2.tar.lz
0c17e0e2cc424a8d0d386a3f14f19ea5e009c5bd  clzip-1.8-rc2.tar.gz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Clzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the 
one of gzip or bzip2. Clzip is about as fast as gzip, compresses most 
files more than bzip2, and is better than both from a data recovery 
perspective.

Clzip uses the lzip file format; the files produced by clzip are fully 
compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer. Clzip is in fact a C language version 
of lzip, intended for embedded devices or systems lacking a C++ compiler.

The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term 
archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability.

A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to 
repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with 
the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a 
corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.

The homepage is at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/clzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * When decompressing, the file specified with the '--output' option 
is now deleted if the input is a terminal.

  * A configure warning happening on some shells when testing for gcc 
has been fixed.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, clzip author and maintainer.