GNU bug report logs - #30174
shred bug - 1st byte written is wrong sometimes

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: devzero <at> web.de

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 30174 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: devzero <at> web.de, 30174 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30174: shred bug - 1st byte written is wrong sometimes
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:21:10 -0800

On 01/19/2018 10:19 AM, devzero <at> web.de wrote:
> shred is doing
> wrong.
>
> Looks like a bug to me.

I don't see why it is a bug. It does appear to be intended behavior. 
Look in the source code, at src/shred.c, and look for "Invert the first 
bit of every sector."
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