[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.15-pre3 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.15-pre3 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.15-pre3.tar.gz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.15-pre3.tar.lz

The md5sums are:
0390754bfc906d693b87f0549c5e31e4  ddrescue-1.15-pre3.tar.gz
be97c3b81be47c186fc741f201a7a87a  ddrescue-1.15-pre3.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.

The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html.

This version is also available in lzip format. If your distro doesn't 
yet distribute the lzip program, you can download it from 
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * The option "-a, --min-read-rate" now uses additional passes, 
dividing rate by ten on each pass.

  * The new option "-a, --change-types" has been added to ddrescuelog.

  * Added new option "-c, --create-logfile" instructing ddrescuelog to 
create a logfile from a list of block numbers read from standard input.

  * Added new option "-d, --delete-if-done" instructing ddrescuelog to 
delete the given logfile if all the blocks in domain have been 
successfuly recovered.

  * Added new option "-D, --done-status" instructing ddrescuelog to 
test if all the blocks in domain have been successfuly recovered.

  * The option "-m, --domain-logfile" has been added to ddrescuelog.

  * The new option "-n, --invert-logfile" has been added to ddrescuelog.

  * The new option "-p, --compare-logfile" has been added to ddrescuelog.

  * Added new option "-t, --show-status" instructing ddrescuelog to 
print a summary of the given logfile.

  * The new option "-x, --xor-logfile" has been added to ddrescuelog.

  * The new option "-y, --and-logfile" has been added to ddrescuelog.

  * The new option "-z, --or-logfile" has been added to ddrescuelog.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.