1.4.0

NEWS for v1.4.0

1.3.2

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1.3.1

Fix Adam Borowski's patch to work on inflated blocks.

1.3.0

add a note on upgrades

1.2.3

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1.2.2

• safety fixes for the LZP pass.
• add the -k compatibility flag.
• use env to detect the shell in bzip3 utility scripts
• update libtool to v2.4.7, fixing an issue with macports and homebrew.

1.2.1

v1.2.1:

• fix a LZP decompression bug when a match occurred before block boundary.
• don't set rpath in the Makefile
• fix build warnings from -v
• add most support
• windows binary mode fix

1.2.0

• alias -z to -e (compatibility with bzip2).
• version bzip3 library.
• dynamically link library to the tool (eliminating the libbz3.c duplication in tool and library).
• add verbose output (via -v).
• add version information to the manual pages.
• set rpath in the Makefile to solve an issue with /usr/local/lib not being present in the dynamic linker search path.

1.1.8

Fix an important legal issue pointed out by Petr Pisar in ticket #60, this release bundles the Apache 2.0 license (of libsais) with the distribution package. Please update to v1.1.8 as soon as possible. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused.

1.1.7

• rename unbzip3 as bunzip3 for bzip2/gzip/lzip/... compatibility.
• high level api for libbzip3: bz3_bound, bz3_compress and bz3_decompress.
• more robust decompression; safety checks for the RLE and LZP steps.
• documentation for the frame format.
• examples of bzip3 API usage, AFL fuzzing instructions.
• bz3_version API function
• more robust I/O handling and fsync (linux only) calls to ensure a correct I/O transaction.