Greetings, Building coreutils-6.6 tonight on an armv5tel system I encountered the following error when running check in verbose mode.
+ cp --version cp (GNU coreutils) 6.6 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering. + . ./../envvar-check + as_unset=unset + envvar_check_failed=0 + vars= _POSIX2_VERSION BLOCKSIZE BLOCK_SIZE CDPATH COLUMNS DF_BLOCK_SIZE DU_BLOCK_SIZE LS_BLOCK_SIZE LS_COLORS POSIXLY_CORRECT QUOTING_STYLE SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX TABSIZE TERM TIME_STYLE TMPDIR VERSION_CONTROL + unset _POSIX2_VERSION + eval test "${_POSIX2_VERSION+set}" = set + test = set + unset BLOCKSIZE + eval test "${BLOCKSIZE+set}" = set + test = set + unset BLOCK_SIZE + eval test "${BLOCK_SIZE+set}" = set + test = set + unset CDPATH + eval test "${CDPATH+set}" = set + test = set + unset COLUMNS + eval test "${COLUMNS+set}" = set + test = set + unset DF_BLOCK_SIZE + eval test "${DF_BLOCK_SIZE+set}" = set + test = set + unset DU_BLOCK_SIZE + eval test "${DU_BLOCK_SIZE+set}" = set + test = set + unset LS_BLOCK_SIZE + eval test "${LS_BLOCK_SIZE+set}" = set + test = set + unset LS_COLORS + eval test "${LS_COLORS+set}" = set + test = set + unset POSIXLY_CORRECT + eval test "${POSIXLY_CORRECT+set}" = set + test = set + unset QUOTING_STYLE + eval test "${QUOTING_STYLE+set}" = set + test = set + unset SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX + eval test "${SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX+set}" = set + test = set + unset TABSIZE + eval test "${TABSIZE+set}" = set + test = set + unset TERM + eval test "${TERM+set}" = set + test = set + unset TIME_STYLE + eval test "${TIME_STYLE+set}" = set + test = set + unset TMPDIR + eval test "${TMPDIR+set}" = set + test = set + unset VERSION_CONTROL + eval test "${VERSION_CONTROL+set}" = set + test = set + test = 1 + . ./../sparse-file + t=sparse.19145 + dd bs=1 seek=128K of=sparse.19145 + du -sk sparse.19145 + set x 0 sparse.19145 + kb_size=0 + rm -f sparse.19145 + test 0 -ge 128 + pwd + pwd=/usr/mnt.rom/cf/.ipkg/src/coreutils/coreutils-6.6/tests/cp + echo ./sparse + sed s,.*/,, + t0=sparse.tmp + tmp=sparse.tmp/19145 + trap status=$?; cd "$pwd" && chmod -R u+rwx $t0 && rm -rf $t0 && exit $status 0 + trap (exit $?); exit $? 1 2 13 15 + framework_failure=0 + mkdir -p sparse.tmp/19145 + cd sparse.tmp/19145 + expr 128 * 1024 + 1 + size=131073 + dd bs=1 seek=131073 of=sparse + test 0 = 1 + fail=0 + cp --sparse=always sparse copy cp: writing `copy': Invalid argument + fail=1 + stat --printf %b sparse + stat --printf %b copy + test 0 = 0 + exit 1 + exit 1 + status=1 + cd /usr/mnt.rom/cf/.ipkg/src/coreutils/coreutils-6.6/tests/cp + chmod -R u+rwx sparse.tmp + rm -rf sparse.tmp + exit 1 FAIL: sparse "cp --sparse=never sparse copy" works correctly but using auto or always both result in an error in the destination file. If I can provide any more information that would help you please feel free to ask. Thanks, John -- John T. Rose Information Technology Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic Systems Group Systems Analyst 237 Durham Center <A HREF="http://rose.public.iastate.edu/">John T. Rose</A> _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
