** Changed in: coreutils (Debian) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to coreutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997093 Title: stat does not display ext4 crtime Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in coreutils package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: This is an Oneiric install which was upgraded to Precise. -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- mount | head -1 /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro) Note that / is mounted as ext4 -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- rm /tmp/statlol -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- date Wed May 9 13:50:18 BST 2012 -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- touch /tmp/statlol -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- stat -c "%w" /tmp/statlol - This should have shown the current time as the "birth" time of the file. -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- stat /tmp/statlol File: `/tmp/statlol' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular empty file Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 396056 Links: 1 Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 1000/ cmsj) Gid: ( 1000/ cmsj) Access: 2012-05-09 13:50:21.927574000 +0100 Modify: 2012-05-09 13:50:21.927574000 +0100 Change: 2012-05-09 13:50:21.927574000 +0100 Birth: - Full stat output shows that all other time fields are shown, but "Birth" (crtime) is not. -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- sudo debugfs -R 'stat /tmp/statlol' /dev/sda1 Inode: 396056 Type: regular Mode: 0664 Flags: 0x80000 Generation: 4155105282 Version: 0x00000000:00000001 User: 1000 Group: 1000 Size: 0 File ACL: 0 Directory ACL: 0 Links: 1 Blockcount: 0 Fragment: Address: 0 Number: 0 Size: 0 ctime: 0x4faa680d:dd269fc0 -- Wed May 9 13:50:21 2012 atime: 0x4faa680d:dd269fc0 -- Wed May 9 13:50:21 2012 mtime: 0x4faa680d:dd269fc0 -- Wed May 9 13:50:21 2012 crtime: 0x4faa680d:dd269fc0 -- Wed May 9 13:50:21 2012 Size of extra inode fields: 28 EXTENTS: -(cmsj@kiryo)-(~)- Calling stat() directly with debugfs shows that crtime is indeed populated correctly, which suggests that coreutils' stat(1) is not able to display it correctly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: coreutils 8.13-3ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed May 9 13:49:31 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: coreutils UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-11 (28 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/997093/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp