GNU bug report logs - #7362
dd strangeness

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Lucia Rotger <lucia <at> aircomp.aero>

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #111 received at 7362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 7362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7362: dd strangeness
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:49:01 +0000

On 05/03/11 08:17, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 03/04/2011 07:29 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> we should use a better overall solution for partial
>> reads; I'll try to come up with one.
> 
> Here is a proposed change for that, incorporating
> the recent suggestions plus a couple more ideas:

OK I like this since it consolidates the code.
It's slightly less general in that it would
erroneously warn with conv=sync oflag=direct,
but that's not a practical concern.

So Ack.

cheers,
Pádraig.
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