GNU bug report logs - #28507
shred 8.28 renames files only once

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: pengu1n <pengu1n <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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bug#28507; Package coreutils. (Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:17:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: pengu1n <pengu1n <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: shred 8.28 renames files only once
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:02:21 -0400

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Hello.

[coreutils 8.27]

$ touch test
$ shred -vu test

shred: test: removing
shred: test: renamed to 0000
shred: 0000: renamed to 000
shred: 000: renamed to 00
shred: 00: renamed to 0
shred: test: removed

[coreutils 8.28]

$ touch test
$ shred -vu test

shred: test: removing
shred: test: renamed to 0000
shred: test: removed

Is it a bug or is it an intentional change? Has commit 2ae1460dad89a791ebf770f74217596b6642cead something to do with this?

Thank you.
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Reply sent to Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>:
You have taken responsibility. (Wed, 20 Sep 2017 04:04:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to pengu1n <pengu1n <at> protonmail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Wed, 20 Sep 2017 04:04:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: pengu1n <pengu1n <at> protonmail.com>, 28507-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28507: shred 8.28 renames files only once
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:02:59 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 18/09/17 16:02, pengu1n wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> [coreutils 8.27]
> 
> $ touch test
> $ shred -vu test
> 
> shred: test: removing
> shred: test: renamed to 0000
> shred: 0000: renamed to 000
> shred: 000: renamed to 00
> shred: 00: renamed to 0
> shred: test: removed
> 
> [coreutils 8.28]
> 
> $ touch test
> $ shred -vu test
> 
> shred: test: removing
> shred: test: renamed to 0000
> shred: test: removed
> 
> Is it a bug or is it an intentional change? Has commit 2ae1460dad89a791ebf770f74217596b6642cead something to do with this?

Drats that's a bug.
The attached should fix it.

Marking this as done.

thanks!
Pádraig


[shred-length-obfuscate.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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