GNU bug report logs - #19996
[patch] sync.1: prevent data loss

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: saulery <at> free.fr

Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 00:40:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Merged with 19995

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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From: saulery <at> free.fr
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: [patch] sync.1: prevent data loss
Date: Wed,  4 Mar 2015 01:06:00 +0100

Hello,

A Debian user had reported 

A Debian user reported [1] that sync.1 man page is incomplete unlike sync.2
There is no mention of the unexpected behavior allowed by POSIX, which can
cause data loss.

This patch provides a possible correction.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507085

Regards,
Merged 19995 19996. Request was from Stéphane Aulery <saulery <at> free.fr> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Stéphane Aulery <saulery <at> free.fr> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:57:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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