GNU bug report logs - #79267
cp --sparse=auto heuristic fails on a squashfs mounted drive.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Jeremy Allison <jallison <at> ciq.com>

Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 02:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #8 received at 79267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jeremy Allison <jallison <at> ciq.com>
Cc: 79267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, hvanderwal <at> ciq.com
Subject: Re: bug#79267: cp --sparse=auto heuristic fails on a squashfs mounted
 drive.
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:03:32 -0600
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks for the bug report. Although this part of the code is messy and 
needs a revamp, in the meantime I installed the attached into the master 
branch on Savannah; please give it a try.
[0001-cp-always-punch-holes-that-we-make.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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