[Bug 61866] Testdisk (lost partitions/boot sector and files recovering/checking tools) are out of date in Ubuntu Dapper (6.06)

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

Public bug reported:

Testdisk is very old in Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) - now there are version
6.1, while in Edgy there is 6.4.1 !

I recompiled testdisk 6.4 from Ubuntu Edgy on Ubuntu Dapper system without any changes to source and new version works fine without any problems! Backported packages (works on Ubuntu Breezy too !) you can download from Baltix GNU/Linux repository:
ftp://ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Baltix/Baltix-Ubuntu_packages/testdisk/

Please backport Testdisk from Edgy to Dapper - It is very useful in
recovering lost partitions. It works with : FAT, NTFS, Linux Ext2 and
Ext3, BeFS, BSD disklabels, CramFS (Compressed File System), HFS+, JFS,
Linux Raid, Linux Swap, LVM2, NetWare NSS, ReiserFS 3.x and 4.x, Solaris
i386 disklabels, UFS2 (Sun/BSD/...), XFS, etc, partition types.

Testdisk package also includes PhotoRec utility, which is file data
recovery software designed to recover lost pictures, videos and other
files from digital camera memory or even Hard Disks. It can recover .au,
.avi, .wav, .bmp, .bz2, .c, .crw, .ctg, .doc, .dsc, .html, .jpg, .mov,
.mp3, .mpg, .mrw, .orf, .pdf, .pl, .png, .raf, .raw, .rdc, .rtf, .tar,
.tiff, .wma, .x3f, .zip files.

For more info about improvements in last release look at
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_6.4_Release

** Affects: dapper-backports (upstream)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Testdisk (lost partitions/boot sector and files recovering/checking tools) are out of date in Ubuntu Dapper (6.06)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61866