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diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm index 6ed4519344..7237931b7d 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm @@ -474,6 +474,36 @@ more than bzip2, which makes it well suited for software distribution and data archiving. Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA algorithm.") (license license:gpl3+))) +(define-public lziprecover + (package + (name "lziprecover") + (version "1.19") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "mirror://savannah/lzip/" name "/" + name "-" version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "0z5fbkm0qprypjf7kxkqganniibj0zml13zvfkrchnjafcmmzyld")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html") + (synopsis "Recover and decompress data from damaged lzip files") + (description + "Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip +compressed data format (.lz). It can test the integrity of lzip files, extract +data from damaged ones, and repair most files with small errors (up to one +single-byte error per member) entirely. + +Lziprecover is not a replacement for regular backups, but a last line of defence +when even the backups are corrupt. It can recover files by merging the good +parts of two or more damaged copies, such as can be easily produced by running +@command{ddrescue} on a failing device. + +This package also includes @command{unzcrash}, a tool to test the robustness of +decompressors when faced with corrupted input.") + (license (list license:bsd-2 ; arg_parser.{cc,h} + license:gpl2+)))) ; everything else + (define-public sharutils (package (name "sharutils") |