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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca2d657 --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +2022-01-24 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.13 released. + * Decompression time has been reduced by 5-12% depending on the file. + * main.c (getnum): Show option name and valid range if error. + * Improve several descriptions in manual, '--help', and man page. + * clzip.texi: Change GNU Texinfo category to 'Compression'. + (Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt). + +2021-01-04 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.12 released. + * main.c (main): Report an error if a file name is empty. + Make '-o' behave like '-c', but writing to file instead of stdout. + Make '-c' and '-o' check whether the output is a terminal only once. + Do not open output if input is a terminal. + * Replace 'decompressed', 'compressed' with 'out', 'in' in output. + * lzip_index.c: Improve messages for corruption in last header. + * main.c: Set a valid invocation_name even if argc == 0. + * Document extraction from tar.lz in manual, '--help', and man page. + * clzip.texi (Introduction): Mention plzip and tarlz as alternatives. + * clzip.texi: Several fixes and improvements. + * testsuite: Add 9 new test files. + +2019-01-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.11 released. + * Rename File_* to Lzip_*. + * lzip.h (Lzip_trailer): New function 'Lt_verify_consistency'. + * lzip_index.c: Detect some kinds of corrupt trailers. + * main.c (main): Check return value of close( infd ). + * main.c: Compile on DOS with DJGPP. + * clzip.texi: Improve descriptions of '-0..-9', '-m', and '-s'. + * configure: Accept appending to CFLAGS; 'CFLAGS+=OPTIONS'. + * INSTALL: Document use of CFLAGS+='-D __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO'. + +2018-02-06 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.10 released. + * New option '--loose-trailing'. + * Improve corrupt header detection to HD=3. + * main.c: Show corrupt or truncated header in multimember file. + * main.c (main): Option '-S, --volume-size' now keeps input files. + * encoder_base.*: Adjust dictionary size for each member. + * Replace 'bits/byte' with inverse compression ratio in output. + * Show progress of decompression at verbosity level 2 (-vv). + * Show progress of (de)compression only if stderr is a terminal. + * main.c: Show final diagnostic when testing multiple files. + * main.c: Do not add a second .lz extension to the arg of -o. + * decoder.c (LZd_verify_trailer): Show stored sizes also in hex. + Show dictionary size at verbosity level 4 (-vvvv). + * clzip.texi: New chapter 'Meaning of clzip's output'. + +2017-04-13 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.9 released. + * The option '-l, --list' has been ported from lziprecover. + * Don't allow mixing different operations (-d, -l or -t). + * Compression time of option '-0' has been reduced by 6%. + * Compression time of options -1 to -9 has been reduced by 1%. + * Decompression time has been reduced by 7%. + * main.c: Continue testing if any input file is a terminal. + * main.c: Show trailing data in both hexadecimal and ASCII. + * lzip_index.c: Improve detection of bad dict and trailing data. + * lzip.h: Unify messages for bad magic, trailing data, etc. + * clzip.texi: Add missing chapters from lzip.texi. + +2016-05-13 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.8 released. + * New option '-a, --trailing-error'. + * main.c (decompress): Print up to 6 bytes of trailing data + when '-vvvv' is specified. + * decoder.c (LZd_verify_trailer): Remove test of final code. + * main.c (main): Delete '--output' file if infd is a terminal. + * main.c (main): Don't use stdin more than once. + * clzip.texi: New chapter 'Trailing data'. + * configure: Avoid warning on some shells when testing for gcc. + * Makefile.in: Detect the existence of install-info. + * check.sh: A POSIX shell is required to run the tests. + * check.sh: Don't check error messages. + +2015-07-07 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.7 released. + * Port fast encoder and option '-0' from lzip. + * Makefile.in: New targets 'install*-compress'. + +2014-08-28 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.6 released. + * Compression ratio of option '-9' has been slightly increased. + * main.c (close_and_set_permissions): Behave like 'cp -p'. + * clzip.texinfo: Rename to clzip.texi. + * Change license to GPL version 2 or later. + +2013-09-17 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 1.5 released. + * Show progress of compression at verbosity level 2 (-vv). + * main.c (show_header): Don't show header version. + * Ignore option '-n, --threads' for compatibility with plzip. + * configure: Options now accept a separate argument. + +2013-02-18 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.4 released. + * Multi-step trials have been implemented. + * Compression ratio has been slightly increased. + * Compression time has been reduced by 10%. + * Decompression time has been reduced by 8%. + * Makefile.in: New targets 'install-as-lzip' and 'install-bin'. + * main.c: Use 'setmode' instead of '_setmode' on Windows and OS/2. + * main.c: Define 'strtoull' to 'strtoul' on Windows. + +2012-02-25 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.3 released. + * main.c (close_and_set_permissions): Inability to change output + file attributes has been downgraded from error to warning. + * encoder.c (Mf_init): Return false if out of memory instead of + calling cleanup_and_fail. + * Small change in '--help' output and man page. + * Change quote characters in messages as advised by GNU Standards. + * configure: Rename 'datadir' to 'datarootdir'. + +2011-05-18 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.2 released. + * New option '-F, --recompress'. + * main.c (decompress): Print only one status line for each + multimember file when only one '-v' is specified. + * encoder.h (Lee_update_prices): Update high length symbol prices + independently of the value of 'pos_state'. This gives better + compression for large values of '--match-length' without being + slower. + * encoder.h, encoder.c: Optimize pair price calculations, reducing + compression time for large values of '--match-length' by up to 6%. + +2011-01-11 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.1 released. + * Code has been converted to 'C89 + long long' from C99. + * main.c: Fix warning about fchown return value being ignored. + * decoder.c: '-tvvvv' now shows compression ratio. + * main.c: Match length limit set by options -1 to -8 has been + reduced to extend range of use towards gzip. Lower numbers now + compress less but faster. (-1 now takes 43% less time for only 20% + larger compressed size). + Exit with status 1 if any output file exists and is skipped. + * Compression ratio of option '-9' has been slightly increased. + * main.c (open_instream): Don't show the message + " and '--stdout' was not specified" for directories, etc. + * New examples have been added to the manual. + +2010-04-05 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.0 released. + * Initial release. + * Translated to C from the C++ source of lzip 1.10. + + +Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz. + +This file is a collection of facts, and thus it is not copyrightable, +but just in case, you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and +modify it. |