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Merging upstream version 1.8.

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Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
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@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ availability:
merging of damaged copies of a file.
* The lzip format is as simple as possible (but not simpler). The
lzip manual provides the code of a simple decompressor along with a
detailed explanation of how it works, so that with the only help of
the lzip manual it would be possible for a digital archaeologist to
extract the data from a lzip file long after quantum computers
eventually render LZMA obsolete.
lzip manual provides the source code of a simple decompressor along
with a detailed explanation of how it works, so that with the only
help of the lzip manual it would be possible for a digital
archaeologist to extract the data from a lzip file long after
quantum computers eventually render LZMA obsolete.
* Additionally the lzip reference implementation is copylefted, which
guarantees that it will remain free forever.
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.
Pdlzip is also able to decompress legacy lzma-alone (.lzma) files.
Lzma-alone is a very bad format; it is essentially a raw LZMA stream.
If you keep any lzma-alone files, it is advisable to recompress them to
lzip format. Lziprecover can convert lzma-alone files to lzip format
lzip format. Lziprecover can convert some lzma-alone files to lzip format
without recompressing.
Pdlzip is written in C.
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ users of the most non-free platforms can share lzip files with everybody
else.
Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute and modify it.