GNU bug report logs - #38186
dd doesn't copy whole file when specifying units with bs

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jack Hill <jackhill <at> jackhill.us>

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jack Hill <jackhill <at> jackhill.us>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 38186-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org>
To: Jack Hill <jackhill <at> jackhill.us>
Cc: 38186-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38186: dd doesn't copy whole file when specifying units with
 bs
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:00:41 +0100

Jack Hill <jackhill <at> jackhill.us> writes:

> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, Clément Lassieur wrote:
>
>> Does this[1] help?
>>
>> [1]: https://superuser.com/questions/730801/dd-immidiately-completes-but-actually-needs-sync
>
> Indeed it does. I guess I just got lucky with the second invocation that data
> got written out. Thanks very much for the pointer, and sorry for the extra
> noise.
>
> Since I no longer believe this to be a bug, I'm closing it.

You're welcome :)
Clément
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