* How to bring ddrescue up to date?
@ 2015-12-13 23:29 Webbed.Pete
2015-12-14 6:34 ` Christian Franke
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From: Webbed.Pete @ 2015-12-13 23:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
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(First time poster here. Hi all ;) )
The ddrescue package has not been updated in cygwin since 2013. However, the
underlying app has gone through a LOT of improvement since then, all the way through
this month.
Questions:
* How best to request an update by the maintainer?
* How hard for me to generate my own update?
* Are multiple maintainers allowed for a package?
Thanks!
Pete
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* Re: How to bring ddrescue up to date?
2015-12-13 23:29 How to bring ddrescue up to date? Webbed.Pete
@ 2015-12-14 6:34 ` Christian Franke
2015-12-14 15:56 ` Webbed.Pete
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From: Christian Franke @ 2015-12-14 6:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Webbed.Pete wrote:
> (First time poster here. Hi all ;) )
Welcome!
> The ddrescue package has not been updated in cygwin since 2013. However, the
> underlying app has gone through a LOT of improvement since then, all the way through
> this month.
I will provide ddrescue 1.21 soon after its release.
Regards,
Christian
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* Re: How to bring ddrescue up to date?
2015-12-14 6:34 ` Christian Franke
@ 2015-12-14 15:56 ` Webbed.Pete
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From: Webbed.Pete @ 2015-12-14 15:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Christian wrote:
>I will provide ddrescue 1.21 soon after its release.
Great! I worked out how to build a new version for myself (but not the test 1.21
versions... how do I make a .sig file?)
The new features make a HUGE difference. I can still see some room for improvement,
but not much.
It now correctly detects drives that require power cycle after hitting a bad spot (can set it
to go back and re-read a good spot after hitting an error. If it can't read the good spot it
will quit.)
And, within limits, you can now control how far it jumps when it finds a bad spot.
Thanks, Christian!
Pete
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