diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c8ddd673e..5c92b14f6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ matrix:
     sudo: required
     group: edge
 before_install:
-  - if test ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} = "linux"; then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-mark hold oracle-java9-installer postgresql-9.2 postgresql-9.3 postgresql-9.4 postgresql-9.5 postgresql-9.6 postgresql-client postgresql-client-common postgresql-common postgresql-contrib-9.2 postgresql-contrib-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.4 postgresql-contrib-9.5 postgresql-contrib-9.6 postgresql-doc && sudo apt-get --fix-missing -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" upgrade -y && sudo apt-get install -y autopoint zlib1g-dev libfuse-dev; fi
+  - if test ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} = "linux"; then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-mark hold oracle-java9-installer postgresql-9.2 postgresql-9.3 postgresql-9.4 postgresql-9.5 postgresql-9.6 postgresql-client postgresql-client-common postgresql-common postgresql-contrib-9.2 postgresql-contrib-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.4 postgresql-contrib-9.5 postgresql-contrib-9.6 postgresql-doc && sudo apt-get --fix-missing -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" upgrade -y && sudo apt-get install -y autopoint zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libfuse-dev; fi
   - if test ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} = "osx"; then brew update && brew install gettext gnu-sed && brew link --force gettext; fi
   - if test ${TARGET} = "coverity"; then echo -n | openssl s_client -connect scan.coverity.com:443 | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' | sudo tee -a /etc/ssl/certs/ca-; fi
 install:
   - if test ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} = "osx"; then export SED="/usr/local/bin/gsed"; fi
-  - if test ${TARGET} = "shared"; then ./syncsharedlibs.sh; fi
-  - ./synclibs.sh && ./autogen.sh
+  - if test ${TARGET} = "shared"; then ./syncsharedlibs.sh --use-head; fi
+  - ./synclibs.sh --use-head && ./autogen.sh
   - if test -x "synctestdata.sh"; then ./synctestdata.sh; fi
 script:
   - if test ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} = "linux"; then export PATH=$(echo $PATH | tr ":" "\n" | sed '/\/opt\/python/d' | tr "\n" ":" | sed "s/::/:/g"); fi
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index dff8687c2..2b2eafc90 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@ environment:
   - TARGET: mingw-w64
 
 install:
+- cmd: git clone https://github.com/codecov/codecov-bash.git ..\codecov-bash
 - cmd: git clone https://github.com/libyal/vstools.git ..\vstools
 - cmd: git clone https://github.com/joachimmetz/dokan.git ..\dokan
 - ps: .\syncwinflexbison.ps1
 - ps: .\synczlib.ps1
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[cygwin] (
-    C:\cygwin\setup-x86.exe -qgnNdO -l C:\cygwin\var\cache\setup -R c:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P bison -P flex -P python2-devel -P python3-devel )
+    C:\cygwin\setup-x86.exe -qgnNdO -l C:\cygwin\var\cache\setup -R c:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P bison -P flex -P zlib-devel -P openssl-devel -P python2-devel -P python3-devel )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[cygwin64] (
-    C:\cygwin64\setup-x86_64.exe -qgnNdO -l C:\cygwin64\var\cache\setup -R c:\cygwin64 -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P bison -P flex -P python2-devel -P python3-devel )
+    C:\cygwin64\setup-x86_64.exe -qgnNdO -l C:\cygwin64\var\cache\setup -R c:\cygwin64 -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P bison -P flex -P zlib-devel -P openssl-devel -P python2-devel -P python3-devel )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[mingw] (
     C:\MinGW\bin\mingw-get install -P libz-dev )
 
@@ -52,44 +53,44 @@ build_script:
 - ps: .\synclibs.ps1
 - ps: .\autogen.ps1
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[vs2008] (
-    msbuild msvscpp\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
+    msbuild /verbosity:quiet msvscpp\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[vs2010] (
     set PYTHONPATH=..\vstools &&
     C:\Python27\python.exe ..\vstools\scripts\msvscpp-convert.py --no-python-dll --output-format 2010 msvscpp\libewf.sln &&
-    msbuild vs2010\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
+    msbuild /verbosity:quiet vs2010\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[vs2012] (
     set PYTHONPATH=..\vstools &&
     C:\Python27\python.exe ..\vstools\scripts\msvscpp-convert.py --extend-with-x64 --output-format 2012 --python-path "C:\\Python27-x64" msvscpp\libewf.sln &&
-    msbuild vs2012\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
+    msbuild /verbosity:quiet vs2012\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[vs2013] (
     set PYTHONPATH=..\vstools &&
     C:\Python27\python.exe ..\vstools\scripts\msvscpp-convert.py --output-format 2013 msvscpp\libewf.sln &&
-    msbuild vs2013\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
+    msbuild /verbosity:quiet vs2013\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[vs2015] (
     set PYTHONPATH=..\vstools &&
     C:\Python27\python.exe ..\vstools\scripts\msvscpp-convert.py --output-format 2015 msvscpp\libewf.sln &&
-    msbuild vs2015\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
+    msbuild /verbosity:quiet vs2015\libewf.sln /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[vs2017] (
     set PYTHONPATH=..\vstools &&
     C:\Python27\python.exe ..\vstools\scripts\msvscpp-convert.py --extend-with-x64 --no-python-dll --output-format 2017 msvscpp\libewf.sln &&
-    msbuild vs2017\libewf.sln /property:Platform=Win32 /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" &&
-    msbuild vs2017\libewf.sln /property:Platform=x64 /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
+    msbuild /verbosity:quiet vs2017\libewf.sln /property:Platform=Win32 /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" &&
+    msbuild /verbosity:quiet vs2017\libewf.sln /property:Platform=x64 /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[python27] (
     C:\Python27\python.exe setup.py bdist_msi )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[python36] (
     C:\Python36\python.exe setup.py bdist_msi )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[cygwin] (
     xcopy /i /q /s C:\projects\libewf C:\cygwin\home\appveyor\libewf &&
-    C:\cygwin\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && ./synclibs.sh && ./autogen.sh" )
+    C:\cygwin\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && ./synclibs.sh --use-head && ./autogen.sh" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[cygwin64] (
     xcopy /i /q /s C:\projects\libewf C:\cygwin64\home\appveyor\libewf &&
-    C:\cygwin64\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && ./synclibs.sh && ./autogen.sh" )
+    C:\cygwin64\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && ./synclibs.sh --use-head && ./autogen.sh" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[mingw] (
     xcopy /i /q /s C:\projects\libewf C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\appveyor\libewf &&
-    C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && sed 's/@VERSION@/0.29/g' m4/pkg.m4.in > m4/pkg.m4 && ./synclibs.sh && ./autogen.sh" )
+    C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && sed 's/@VERSION@/0.29/g' m4/pkg.m4.in > m4/pkg.m4 && ./synclibs.sh --use-head && ./autogen.sh" )
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[mingw-w64] (
     xcopy /i /q /s C:\projects\libewf C:\msys64\home\appveyor\libewf &&
-    C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && ./synclibs.sh && ./autogen.sh" )
+    C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && ./synclibs.sh --use-head && ./autogen.sh" )
 
 test_script:
 - cmd: rem Run tests
@@ -114,3 +115,8 @@ test_script:
 - cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[mingw-w64] (
     C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && ./runtests.sh" )
 
+after_test:
+- cmd: if [%TARGET%]==[mingw] (
+    copy C:\projects\codecov-bash\codecov C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\appveyor\libewf\codecov.sh &&
+    C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\bash -e -l -c "cd libewf && chmod a+x ./codecov.sh && ./codecov.sh" )
+
diff --git a/common/system_string.h b/common/system_string.h
index 5851a290b..2e09cbceb 100644
--- a/common/system_string.h
+++ b/common/system_string.h
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #if defined( __BORLANDC__ ) && ( __BORLANDC__ < 0x0560 )
-#define system_string_vsprintf \
+#define system_string_vsnprintf \
 	wide_string_vsnwprintf
 
 #else
-#define system_string_vsprintf( string, size, format, ... ) \
+#define system_string_vsnprintf( string, size, format, ... ) \
 	wide_string_vsnwprintf( string, size, format, __VA_ARGS__ )
 #endif
 
@@ -133,16 +133,19 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #if defined( __BORLANDC__ ) && ( __BORLANDC__ < 0x0560 )
-#define system_string_vsprintf \
+#define system_string_vsnprintf \
 	narrow_string_vsnprintf
 
 #else
-#define system_string_vsprintf( string, size, format, ... ) \
+#define system_string_vsnprintf( string, size, format, ... ) \
 	narrow_string_vsnprintf( string, size, format, __VA_ARGS__ )
 #endif
 
 #endif /* defined( HAVE_WIDE_SYSTEM_CHARACTER ) */
 
+/* For backwards compatibility */
+#define system_string_vsprintf system_string_vsnprintf
+
 #if defined( _cplusplus )
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2add90ac7..fb8e02568 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ( 2.59 )
 
 AC_INIT(
  [libewf],
- [20170918],
+ [20171007],
  [joachim.metz@gmail.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(
diff --git a/dpkg/control b/dpkg/control
index 44a4db37f..b36b214b3 100644
--- a/dpkg/control
+++ b/dpkg/control
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: libewf
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-autoreconf, pkg-config, zlib1g-dev, libssl-dev, libfuse-dev, python-dev, python3-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-autoreconf, pkg-config, zlib1g-dev, libssl-dev, python-dev, python3-dev, libfuse-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Section: libs
 Homepage: https://github.com/libyal/libewf
diff --git a/libewf.ini b/libewf.ini
index a8f0fd05a..7d90ae043 100644
--- a/libewf.ini
+++ b/libewf.ini
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ year_of_creation: "2008"
 [tools]
 build_dependencies: ["crypto", "fuse"]
 description: "Several tools for reading and writing EWF files"
-names: ["ewfacquire", "ewfacquirestream", "ewfexport", "ewfinfo", "ewfmount", "ewfverify"]
+names: ["ewfacquire", "ewfacquirestream", "ewfdebug", "ewfexport", "ewfinfo", "ewfmount", "ewfrecover", "ewfverify"]
 
 [mount_tool]
 missing_backend_error: "No sub system to mount EWF."
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ main_object_size: "media_size"
 example: "ewfinfo image.E01"
 
 [tests]
-features: ["profiles", "valgrind"]
 profiles: ["libewf", "pyewf", "ewfacquire", "ewfacquire_optical", "ewfacquirestream", "ewfexport", "ewfexport_logical", "ewfinfo", "ewfverify", "ewfverify_logical"]
 example_filename1: "image1.E01"
 example_filename2: "image2.Ex02"
diff --git a/libewf.spec.in b/libewf.spec.in
index 2449a319b..265166b9c 100644
--- a/libewf.spec.in
+++ b/libewf.spec.in
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ BuildRequires: byacc flex @ax_libcdatetime_spec_build_requires@ @ax_libfuse_spec
 
 %description tools
 Several tools for reading and writing EWF files.
-It contains tools to acquire, export, query and verify EWF files.
 
 %package python
 Summary: Python 2 bindings for libewf
diff --git a/m4/zlib.m4 b/m4/zlib.m4
index 71773f94d..40e055ed7 100644
--- a/m4/zlib.m4
+++ b/m4/zlib.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Functions for zlib
 dnl
-dnl Version: 20160318
+dnl Version: 20171006
 
 dnl Function to detect if zlib is available
 AC_DEFUN([AX_ZLIB_CHECK_LIB],
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_ZLIB_CHECK_ENABLE],
   AC_SUBST(
    [ax_zlib_spec_build_requires],
    [zlib-devel])
+  AC_SUBST(
+   [ax_zlib_static_spec_requires],
+   [zlib-static])
   AC_SUBST(
    [ax_zlib_static_spec_build_requires],
    [zlib-static])
diff --git a/synclibs.sh b/synclibs.sh
index 9be3ffe10..b62c6a403 100755
--- a/synclibs.sh
+++ b/synclibs.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Script that synchronizes the local library dependencies
 #
-# Version: 20161212
+# Version: 20171003
+
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0;
+EXIT_FAILURE=1;
 
 GIT_URL_PREFIX="https://github.com/libyal";
 LOCAL_LIBS="libbfio libcaes libcdata libcdatetime libcerror libcfile libclocale libcnotify libcpath libcsplit libcthreads libfcache libfdata libfguid libfvalue libhmac libodraw libsmdev libsmraw libuna";
@@ -11,11 +14,29 @@ IFS=" ";
 
 for LOCAL_LIB in ${LOCAL_LIBS};
 do
-	git clone ${GIT_URL_PREFIX}/${LOCAL_LIB}.git ${LOCAL_LIB}-$$;
+	GIT_URL="${GIT_URL_PREFIX}/${LOCAL_LIB}.git";
+
+	git clone --quiet ${GIT_URL} ${LOCAL_LIB}-$$;
 
 	if ! test -d ${LOCAL_LIB}-$$;
 	then
-		continue
+		echo "Unable to git clone: ${GIT_URL}";
+
+		IFS=$OLDIFS;
+
+		exit ${EXIT_FAILURE};
+	fi
+	(cd ${LOCAL_LIB}-$$ && git fetch --quiet --all --tags --prune)
+
+	LATEST_TAG=`cd ${LOCAL_LIB}-$$ && git describe --tags --abbrev=0`;
+
+	if test -n ${LATEST_TAG} && test "$1" != "--use-head";
+	then
+		echo "Synchronizing: ${LOCAL_LIB} from ${GIT_URL} tag ${LATEST_TAG}";
+
+		(cd ${LOCAL_LIB}-$$ && git checkout --quiet tags/${LATEST_TAG});
+	else
+		echo "Synchronizing: ${LOCAL_LIB} from ${GIT_URL} HEAD";
 	fi
 
 	rm -rf ${LOCAL_LIB};
@@ -23,7 +44,11 @@ do
 
 	if ! test -d ${LOCAL_LIB};
 	then
-		continue
+		echo "Missing directory: ${LOCAL_LIB}";
+
+		IFS=$OLDIFS;
+
+		exit ${EXIT_FAILURE};
 	fi
 
 	LOCAL_LIB_UPPER=`echo "${LOCAL_LIB}" | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`;
@@ -150,3 +175,5 @@ done
 
 IFS=$OLDIFS;
 
+exit ${EXIT_SUCCESS};
+
diff --git a/syncsharedlibs.sh b/syncsharedlibs.sh
index c20c0c1cb..6ffe277e5 100755
--- a/syncsharedlibs.sh
+++ b/syncsharedlibs.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Script that synchronizes the shared library dependencies
 #
-# Version: 20170903
+# Version: 20170905
+
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0;
+EXIT_FAILURE=1;
 
 GIT_URL_PREFIX="https://github.com/libyal";
-SHARED_LIBS="libbfio libcaes libcdata libcdatetime libcerror libcfile libclocale libcnotify libcpath libcsplit libcthreads libfcache libfdata libfguid libfvalue libhmac libodraw libsmdev libsmraw libuna";
+SHARED_LIBS="libcerror libcthreads libcdata libcdatetime libclocale libcnotify libcsplit libuna libcfile libcpath libbfio libfcache libfdata libfguid libfvalue libhmac libcaes libodraw libsmdev libsmraw";
 
 if test ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} != "linux";
 then
@@ -13,22 +16,60 @@ then
 	exit 1;
 fi
 
+USE_HEAD="";
+
+if test "$1" = "--use-head";
+then
+	USE_HEAD="--use-head";
+fi
+
 OLDIFS=$IFS;
 IFS=" ";
 
 for SHARED_LIB in ${SHARED_LIBS};
 do
-	git clone ${GIT_URL_PREFIX}/${SHARED_LIB}.git ${SHARED_LIB}-$$;
+	GIT_URL="${GIT_URL_PREFIX}/${SHARED_LIB}.git";
+
+	git clone --quiet ${GIT_URL} ${SHARED_LIB}-$$;
 
 	if ! test -d ${SHARED_LIB}-$$;
 	then
-		continue
+		echo "Unable to git clone: ${GIT_URL}";
+
+		IFS=$OLDIFS;
+
+		exit ${EXIT_FAILURE};
+	fi
+	(cd ${SHARED_LIB}-$$ && git fetch --quiet --all --tags --prune)
+
+	LATEST_TAG=`cd ${SHARED_LIB}-$$ && git describe --tags --abbrev=0`;
+
+	if test -n ${LATEST_TAG} && test -z ${USE_HEAD};
+	then
+		echo "Synchronizing: ${SHARED_LIB} from ${GIT_URL} tag ${LATEST_TAG}";
+
+		(cd ${SHARED_LIB}-$$ && git checkout --quiet tags/${LATEST_TAG});
+	else
+		echo "Synchronizing: ${SHARED_LIB} from ${GIT_URL} HEAD";
+	fi
+
+	(cd ${SHARED_LIB}-$$ && ./synclibs.sh ${USE_HEAD} && ./autogen.sh);
+
+	CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="";
+
+	(cd ${SHARED_LIB}-$$ && ./configure --help | grep -- '--enable-wide-character-type' > /dev/null);
+
+	if test $? -eq 0;
+	then
+		CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="${CONFIGURE_OPTIONS} --enable-wide-character-type";
 	fi
 
-	(cd ${SHARED_LIB}-$$ && ./synclibs.sh && ./autogen.sh && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install);
+	(cd ${SHARED_LIB}-$$ && ./configure --prefix=/usr ${CONFIGURE_OPTIONS} && make && sudo make install);
 
 	rm -rf ${SHARED_LIB}-$$;
 done
 
 IFS=$OLDIFS;
 
+exit ${EXIT_SUCCESS};
+