[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.25-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.25-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.25-rc1.tar.lz

The sha256sum is:
9876736245cdf46639608881c652f1edd20519a41cef1d2af4c86ddb5286bf96 
ddrescue-1.25-rc1.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find. This is planned to be the only 
release candidate before 1.25 stable.

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.

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


Changes in this version:

  * In rescue mode, any non-finished subsector that is now found during the 
initial read of the mapfile will be joined to its corresponding sector (if 
it is also not finished), marking the whole sector with the less processed 
state, so as to make sure that sub-sector data will not be discarded from a 
succesful read during the rescue. (A subsector is a block smaller than 
sector size). (Reported by David Burton).

  * The time needed to write the mapfile is now excluded from the mapfile 
save and sync intervals. (It seems that some mapfiles take 7 seconds to 
write). (Reported by David Burton).

  * Large numbers in messages (like device sizes) are now printed in groups 
of 3 digits separated by underscore characters to make them more readable.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.
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