From cfb04b6a293e8e21107bcc938021275d0647637c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:59:05 +0100 Subject: Merging upstream version 1.9. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- NEWS | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bfe26e6..b01da26 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,31 +1,58 @@ -Changes in version 1.8: +Changes in version 1.9: -The new options '--in-slots' and '--out-slots', setting the number of input -and output packets buffered during streamed decompression, have been added. -Increasing the number of packets may increase decompression speed, but -requires more memory. +Plzip now reports an error if a file name is empty (plzip -t ""). -The default number of input packets buffered per worker thread when -decompressing from non-seekable input has been increased from 2 to 4. +Option '-o, --output' now behaves like '-c, --stdout', but sending the +output unconditionally to a file instead of to standard output. See the new +description of '-o' in the manual. This change is backwards compatible only +when (de)compressing from standard input alone. Therefore commands like: + plzip -o foo.lz - bar < foo +must now be split into: + plzip -o foo.lz - < foo + plzip bar +or rewritten as: + plzip - bar < foo > foo.lz -The default number of output packets buffered per worker thread when -decompressing to non-seekable output has been increased from 32 to 64. +When using '-c' or '-o', plzip now checks whether the output is a terminal +only once. -Detection of forbidden combinations of characters in trailing data has been -improved. +Plzip now does not even open the output file if the input file is a terminal. -Errors are now also checked when closing the input file. +The new option '--check-lib', which compares the version of lzlib used to +compile plzip with the version actually being used at run time, has been added. -The descriptions of '-0..-9', '-m' and '-s' in the manual have been -improved. +The words 'decompressed' and 'compressed' have been replaced with the +shorter 'out' and 'in' in the verbose output when decompressing or testing. -The configure script now accepts the option '--with-mingw' to enable the -compilation of plzip under MS Windows (with the MinGW compiler). Use with -care. The Windows I/O functions used are not guaranteed to be thread safe. -(Code based on a patch by Hannes Domani). +When checking the integrity of multiple files, plzip is now able to continue +checking the rest of the files (instead of exiting) if some of them fail the +test, allowing 'plzip --test' to show a final diagnostic with the number of +files that failed (just as 'lzip --test'). -The configure script now accepts appending options to CXXFLAGS using the -syntax 'CXXFLAGS+=OPTIONS'. +Testing is now slightly (1.6%) faster when using lzlib 1.12. -It has been documented in INSTALL the use of -CXXFLAGS+='-D __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO' when compiling on MinGW. +When compressing, or when decompressing or testing from a non-seekable file +or from standard input, plzip now starts only the number of worker threads +required. + +When decompressing or testing from a non-seekable file or from standard +input, trailing data are now not counted in the compressed size shown. + +When decompressing or testing a multimember file, plzip now shows the +largest dictionary size of all members in the file instead of showing the +dictionary size of the first member. + +Option '--list' now reports corruption or truncation of the last header in a +multimenber file specifically instead of showing the generic message "Last +member in input file is truncated or corrupt." + +The error messages for 'Data error' and 'Unexpected EOF' have been shortened. + +The commands needed to extract files from a tar.lz archive have been +documented in the manual, in the output of '--help', and in the man page. + +Tarlz is mentioned in the manual as an alternative to tar + plzip. + +Several fixes and improvements have been made to the manual. + +8 new test files have been added to the testsuite. -- cgit v1.2.3