[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.26-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.26-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.26-rc1.tar.lz

The sha256sum is:
7bba7a45de6988b94490c26b495c861e4160730963429d3a392e279b4711fdd5 
ddrescue-1.26-rc1.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 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:

  * Domain mapfiles may now contain unordered and overlapping blocks when 
'-L, --loose-domain' is specified as long as no block overlaps with other 
block of different status. (1.26-pre1 just allowed unordered blocks). 
(Suggested by Gábor Katona and Shaya Potter).

  * In case of error in a numerical argument to a command line option, 
ddrescue now shows the name of the option and the range of valid values.

  * Empty phases are now completely skipped.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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