0.27.1-from-0.27.md

Notable changes in 0.27.1 as compared to 0.27

May require attention

• In previous versions, a --sparse restore might have produced incorrect data. Please treat any existing --sparse restores as suspect. The problem should be fixed in this release, and the --sparse tests have been substantially augmented.

Thanks to (at least)

Frank Gevaerts (1): restore: test --sparse with zeros at 64k boundary

Greg Troxel

Marcus Schopen

Rob Browning (7): Use $RANDOM seed for --sparse random tests restore: add generative --sparse testing restore: fix --sparse corruption Merge restore --sparse corruption fix Add note/0.27.1-from-0.27.md and mention in README restore: fix --sparse fix (find_non_sparse_end) test_server_split_with_indexes: close packwriter

Robert S. Edmonds