bug#61386: [PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS

2023-02-14 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 14/02/2023 06:12, Paul Eggert wrote: On 2023-02-13 09:16, George Valkov wrote: 1. We apply my original patch to disable sparse-copy on macOS. Otherwise since fclonefileat is not used whenever we overwrite a file, corruption will still occur. I'm not entirely sold on this patch, because I

bug#61386: [PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS

2023-02-14 Thread George Valkov
> On 2023-02-14, at 8:12 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 2023-02-13 09:16, George Valkov wrote: >> 1. We apply my original patch to disable sparse-copy on macOS. Otherwise >> since fclonefileat is not used whenever we overwrite a file, corruption will >> still occur. > > I'm not entirely sold

bug#61386: [PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS

2023-02-14 Thread Paul Eggert
On 2023-02-13 09:16, George Valkov wrote: 1. We apply my original patch to disable sparse-copy on macOS. Otherwise since fclonefileat is not used whenever we overwrite a file, corruption will still occur. I'm not entirely sold on this patch, because I still don't understand what's

bug#61386: [PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS

2023-02-14 Thread Paul Eggert
On 2023-02-14 04:12, Pádraig Brady wrote: I suspect it's a similar issue to the one that openzfs had: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/11900 Yes, quite likely. Given how closed / uncommunicative Apple are in general and specifically for this already reported bug, I'm inclined to