GNU ddrescue 1.24 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

I am pleased to announce the release of GNU ddrescue 1.24 'Catalonia'.

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.

GNU Ddrescuelog is a 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

The sources can be downloaded from http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ddrescue/ 
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ or from your 
favorite GNU mirror.

The sha256sum is:
4b5d3feede70e3657ca6b3c7844f23131851cbb6af0cecc9721500f7d7021087 
ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz

This release is also GPG signed. You can download the signature by 
appending '.sig' to the URL. If the 'gpg --verify' command fails because 
you don't have the required public key, then run this command to import it:

  gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 8FE99503132D7742

Key fingerprint = 1D41 C14B 272A 2219 A739  FA4F 8FE9 9503 132D 7742


Changes in version 1.24:

  * The new option '--command-mode' has been added. It activates a 
scripting interface similar to the one of ed which reads commands from 
the standard input and executes them, copying parts of the input file on 
demand.

  * Ddrescue now tries to create a backup copy of the mapfile, with the 
name <mapfile>.bak, every time it is going to overwrite a fsynced 
mapfile. On startup, ddrescue verifies that the backup mapfile (if it 
exists) is not a non-regular file, and that its name is not the same as 
infile or outfile.

  * It has been documented that when ddrescue finishes, the contents of 
any areas marked as bad-sector remain untouched in the output file.

  * The configure script now accepts appending options to CXXFLAGS 
using the syntax 'CXXFLAGS+=OPTIONS'.


Please send bug reports and suggestions to address@hidden


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.
Self-determination is a right, not a crime. Free Catalan political 
prisoners.
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