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 <k...@debian.org> 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
