Bug#347937: More information on -S aka sparse truncation

win98.tar win98/ win98/drivec.img $ ls -l win98/ total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 supaplex supaplex 0 2006-02-08 17:16 drivec.img It's sparse alright. A little *too* sparse. hehe :) Thanks, -- Scott Edwards Systems Administrator ArosNet Internet Services - http://www.aros.net 28 South 400 East; Salt

Bug#318658: quanta truncates targets of symlinks to empty files (0 bytes)

Package: quanta Version: 1:3.3.2-6 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss The justification for grave bug is more accurately described as "causes data loss, and is only recoverable from backup medium". reportbug didn't offer an accurate classification. Aftermath: (some files