Paul Eggert wrote: > On 05/09/2012 03:14 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> I think Pádraig's question about dd's skip seeking to EOF on an >> actual tape device is the most important to address. > > Yes indeed, I think that part of my change should be backed out > at least for now (so close before a release). > > Part of the issue is that it's not clear what lseek (fd, N, SEEK_SET) > does on tape devices where N exceeds the length of the file. My > vague recollection is that such lseeks return L, where L is the > file length, but I can't cite chapter and verse on that right now. > This would suggest further fixes in this area -- but later. > >> Your stat.c change is actually a bug fix, so I'd prefer to >> put it in a separate commit. I did that for you. Let me know >> if the change below is ok and I'll push it -- or you're welcome >> to make any change you'd like and push it yourself. > > Yes, please push that. I'll try to squeeze some time free > to look at this in the next day or two.
I see you pushed it. Thanks for adding that line to NEWS: stat no longer reports a negative file size as a huge positive number. +[bug present since 'stat' was introduced in fileutils-4.1.9]
