GNU bug report logs - #51857
cross-filesystem copying broken on macOS with coreutils >= 9.0

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Sudhip Nashi <sudhipnashi <at> icloud.com>

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 51857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Sudhip Nashi <sudhipnashi <at> icloud.com>, 51857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: me <at> cameronkatri.com
Subject: Re: bug#51857: cross-filesystem copying broken on macOS with
 coreutils >= 9.0
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:09:25 +0000

On 15/11/2021 04:02, Sudhip Nashi via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Cross-filesystem copying seems to have been broken in the latest coreutils release on macOS. Running a command like ‘cp /usr/bin/clear /tmp/test’ appears to return successfully, but if one analyzes /tmp/test, it’s filled with NULL characters. However, copying works fine when the source and destination file are on the same filesystem. Do you know what might be causing this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Sudhip Nashi
> 
> 

What are the source and dest file system types?
Could you send the output of `sudo dtruss cp /usr/bin/clear /tmp/test`?
I suspect SEEK_DATA may have issues on nacOS,
as usage of that is new in coreutils 9.0.

thanks,
Pádraig
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