[Lzip-bug] Lunzip 1.8-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lunzip 1.8-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lunzip/lunzip-1.8-rc1.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lunzip/lunzip-1.8-rc1.tar.gz

The sha1sums are:
5ab27a4499dc1f2c791e74caefae6f352705c063  lunzip-1.8-rc1.tar.lz
7b0bd1cd97f0b81191d9879cfc997d5993b4e115  lunzip-1.8-rc1.tar.gz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Lunzip is a decompressor for lzip files. It is written in C and its 
small size makes it well suited for embedded devices or software 
installers that need to decompress files but do not need compression 
capabilities. Lunzip is fully compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer and is 
able to decompress any lzip file using as little memory as 50 kB.

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/lunzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * The option "-a, --trailing-error", which makes lunzip exit with 
error status 2 if any remaining input is detected after decompressing 
the last member, has been added.

  * Print up to 6 bytes of trailing data when "-vvvv" is specified.

  * The test of the value remaining in the range decoder has been 
removed. (After extensive testing it has been found useless to detect 
corruption in the decompressed data. Eliminating it reduces the number 
of false positives for corruption and makes error detection more accurate).

  * A harmless check failure on Windows, caused by the failed 
comparison of a message in text mode, has been fixed.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lunzip author and maintainer.