GNU bug report logs - #56391
`cp --reflink=always` creates empty file on failure

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Benjamin Gilbert <bgilbert <at> backtick.net>

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 08:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 56392

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 56391-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Benjamin Gilbert <bgilbert <at> backtick.net>
Cc: 56391-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56391: `cp --reflink=always` creates empty file on failure
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 10:04:48 -0500

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks for reporting that. I installed the attached patch.
[0001-cp-don-t-create-empty-file-if-cannot-clone.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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