Bug#511982: cpio corrupts data on some files over 2GB

2009-01-16 Thread Clint Adams
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 04:48:43PM -0800, Matthew A. Dunford wrote: > cpio sometimes corrupts data copying files over 2GB. It seems to pad them > with > null bytes. It prints an error, though it exits with success. Here is the > report I got from a user: > > $ cpio --sparse -pdmv $a 2GB. Othe

Bug#511982: cpio corrupts data on some files over 2GB

2009-01-15 Thread Matthew A. Dunford
Package: cpio Version: 2.6-18.1+etch1 Severity: important cpio sometimes corrupts data copying files over 2GB. It seems to pad them with null bytes. It prints an error, though it exits with success. Here is the report I got from a user: $ cpio --sparse -pdmv $a 2GB reliably! Can you please l