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 #20 received at 56391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 56391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, bgilbert <at> backtick.net
Subject: Re: bug#56391: `cp --reflink=always` creates empty file on failure
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 12:17:22 +0100

On 05/07/2022 16:04, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks for reporting that. I installed the attached patch.

This will usually work, but there are cases where this may lose data,
as previously discussed at:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=921708
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2013-03/msg00056.html

I'm not sure cp can robustly clean up in this situation?

cheers,
Pádraig
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