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and subject line Bug#770198: fixed in cpio 2.11+dfsg-6
has caused the Debian Bug report #770198,
regarding cpio: Man page for "mt" needs to describe how to "fast erase"
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Package: cpio
Version: 2.11+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
The "mt" operation "erase" takes an argument, but this isn't well documented.
The attached patch fixes the manpage to describe the option.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers trusty-updates
APT policy: (500, 'trusty-updates'), (500, 'trusty-security'), (500, 'trusty')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages cpio depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.3
cpio recommends no packages.
Versions of packages cpio suggests:
ii libarchive1 2.8.5-5
-- no debconf information
Description: Identify how to perform "fast erase" operations on devices that
support it.
Author: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Index: cpio-2.11+dfsg/doc/mt.1
===================================================================
--- cpio-2.11+dfsg.orig/doc/mt.1 2014-11-19 08:17:45.000000000 -0800
+++ cpio-2.11+dfsg/doc/mt.1 2014-11-19 08:18:59.539647798 -0800
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
Rewind the tape, then wind it to the end of the reel,
then rewind it again.
.IP erase
-Erase the tape.
+Perform long erase of tape. If
+.I count
+is 0, perform short erase of tape (some devices do not support this).
.PP
.B mt
exits with a status of 0 if the operation succeeded, 1 if the
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: cpio
Source-Version: 2.11+dfsg-6
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cpio, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[email protected]> (supplier of updated cpio package)
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:31:53 +0000
Source: cpio
Binary: cpio cpio-win32
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 2.11+dfsg-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[email protected]>
Description:
cpio - GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
cpio-win32 - GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files (win32 build)
Closes: 770198
Changes:
cpio (2.11+dfsg-6) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Man page for "mt" describes how to "fast erase"
Patch by Kees Cook
Add fix.mt-erase.manpage.patch
Closes: #770198
* Backport "New options to create device and inode-independent
archives." from cpio 2.12
Patch by Chris Lamb
Add reproducible.patch
See #804063
* Standards-Version: 3.9.8
* Refresh patches
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