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[PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS

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From: George Valkov <gvalkov <at> gmail.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 61386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61386: [PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 03:27:25 +0200

> On 2023-02-11, at 12:02 AM, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> wrote:
> 
> On 10/02/2023 21:50, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 2/10/23 13:35, George Valkov wrote:
>>> Since the source and it’s clone have separate metadata,
>>> it should be possible to change it on the clone, to comply with standards.
>> Attached is a hacky patch to do that. It also uses the new CLONE_ACL
>> flag. The old code apparently mishandled ACLs; the new code tries to do
>> a better job.
> 
> Yes this is looking much better.
> I'm not fully convinced that we should also update the times,
> but not against it either.

I’d prefer a timestamp consistent with source. This is the default when
we clone a file. So no action needed. If we fall-back to copy, we need to set it.


Georgi Valkov
httpstorm.com
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