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and subject line Package fileutils has been removed from Debian
has caused the Debian Bug report #116358,
regarding ls: --block-size needs a better description
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Package: fileutils
Version: 4.1-7
Severity: normal
On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 11:18:03PM +1300, Mark van Walraven wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 01:41:25AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > > > > BTW: does "ls --block-size=1 -s" look broken to you?
> > > >
> > > > busybox ls doesn't know what that is.
> > >
> > > Sorry, meant fileutils' ls. Bug?
> >
> > the ls you have available on boot-floppies is busybox, not fileutils.
>
> Forget boot-floppies! Please try the above on fileutils ls and see if
> the numbers look right to you.
It's taking the size of the file in blocks on the filesystem (-s) and
then displaying it in units of 1 byte (--block-size=1). So for a 1-byte
file which occupies a 4k disk block, ls --block-size=1 -s will show
4096.
I think this is a documentation bug. --block-size says it means "use
SIZE-byte blocks". It really means "show the number of blocks allocated
in units of SIZE".
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- mdz
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Version: 4.1.11-3+rm
You filed the bug http://bugs.debian.org/116358 in Debian BTS
against the package fileutils. I'm closing it at *unstable*, but it will
remain open for older distributions.
I was unable to find a bug that explains the reason for its removal,
but it appears to have been superceded by coreutils (which is an
essential package) on Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:24:37 -0400.
I have decided not forward these bugs to coreutils, since a lot
could have been changed in these 8 years. If your issue is still
reproducible or still valid, do not hesitate to reopen and reassign
it or reply to this email.
Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
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Niels Thykier
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