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@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@ -Changes in version 1.23: +Changes in version 1.24: -Decompression time has been reduced by 5-12% depending on the file. +The option '--empty-error', which forces exit status 2 if any empty member +is found, has been added. -In case of error in a numerical argument to a command line option, lzip -now shows the name of the option and the range of valid values. +The option '--marking-error', which forces exit status 2 if the first LZMA +byte is non-zero in any member, has been added. -Several descriptions have been improved in manual, '--help', and man page. +File diagnostics have been reformatted as 'PROGRAM: FILE: MESSAGE'. -The texinfo category of the manual has been changed from 'Data Compression' -to 'Compression' to match that of gzip. (Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt). +Diagnostics caused by invalid arguments to command-line options now show the +argument and the name of the option. + +The option '-o, --output' now preserves dates, permissions, and ownership of +the file, when (de)compressing exactly one file. + +The option '-o, --output' now creates missing intermediate directories when +writing to a file. + +The variable MAKEINFO has been added to configure and Makefile.in. |