| 1 | Following is the list of cpio-related reports to bug-gnu-utils.
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| 2 | Many of them appear to be fixed, but quite a number of them is
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| 3 | probably still waiting for being handled. The list is divided
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| 4 | into two parts, the messages are in somehow arbitrary order.
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| 5 |
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| 6 | * Bug reports
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| 7 | --------------
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| 8 |
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| 9 | ** cpio -d bug (fwd) (score: 47)
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| 10 | Author: Christian Smith <csmith@micromuse.com>
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| 11 | Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 02:06:46 +0000 (GMT)
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| 12 | This was bounced from bug-cpio@bogus.example.com I guess that
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| 13 | isn't set up yet. -- /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST
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| 14 | HTML MAIL X - AGAINST MS ATTACHMENTS / \ $ cpio --version GNU
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| 15 | cpio version 2
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| 16 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-11/msg00170.html (4,548 bytes)
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| 17 |
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| 18 | ** bug in cpio with tapechange in copy-in-mode (score: 34)
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| 19 | Author: Bernd =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sch=FCler?=
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| 20 | <b.schueler@eckert-buerotechnik.de>
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| 21 | Date: 05 Aug 2002 18:37:56 +0200
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| 22 | Hello, last i made a restore from tape, and no request for next
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| 23 | tape happend, only an read-error occured. Here is an quick
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| 24 | patch, please verify the problem and the patch-code. I'm not
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| 25 | sure, if the pr
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| 26 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-08/msg00122.html (4,518 bytes)
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| 27 |
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| 28 | ** Re: bug in cpio? (score: 40)
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| 29 | Author: kasal@matsrv.math.cas.cz (Stepan Kasal)
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| 30 | Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 07:44:14 +0000 (UTC)
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| 31 | Hallo, the following option should help: -d, --make-directories
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| 32 | Create leading directories where needed. Details: cpio won't
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| 33 | create the directory for the file. Observe: kasal$ echo
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| 34 | /home/kasal/tmp/db
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| 35 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-06/msg00306.html (4,862 bytes)
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| 36 |
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| 37 | ** cpio 2.4.2 bug? (score: 40)
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| 38 | Author: "H.J. Thomassen" <H.J.Thomassen@ATComputing.nl>
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| 39 | Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:09:10 +0100 (CET)
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| 40 | Hello, We use GNU-cpio 2.4.2 and have the following problem:
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| 41 | Short: Assume I have a directory with two filenames, which are
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| 42 | hardlinks to the same i-node. I make a crc-cpio archive with
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| 43 | both files; th
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| 44 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-01/msg00161.html (5,624 bytes)
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| 45 |
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| 46 | ** These two seem to be related:
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| 47 | *** cpio copy-in and multiply-linked files (score: 35)
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| 48 | Author: Chris Jaeger <cjaeger@ensim.com>
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| 49 | Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 23:46:04 -0700
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| 50 | Hi, I was wondering whether it was a bug or a feature that GNU
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| 51 | cpio, while in copy-in mode, will create a multiply-linked set
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| 52 | of files all of size 0 if the last linked file is not copied in
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| 53 | due to th
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| 54 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-08/msg00074.html (4,142 bytes)
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| 55 |
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| 56 | *** (no subject) (score: 2)
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| 57 | Author: brian@debian.org (Brian Mays)
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| 58 | Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 16:35:13 -0400
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| 59 | When hard-linked files (along with many other files) are
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| 60 | archived to a cpio ustar format archive, the files are _not_
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| 61 | all archived as hard links to each other in the archive. When
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| 62 | the same set of fil
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| 63 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-07/msg00080.html (5,666 bytes)
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| 64 |
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| 65 | ** These too:
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| 66 |
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| 67 | *** Re: minor problems with slackware-current (score: 7)
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| 68 | Author: Cezary Sliwa <sliwa@cft.edu.pl>
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| 69 | Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:43:37 +0200
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| 70 | "cpio --sparse" corrupts data. A fix attached. C.S. Attachment:
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| 71 | cpio-2.4.2-sparse.diff Description: Text document
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| 72 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-08/msg00000.html (3,989 bytes)
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| 73 |
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| 74 | *** cpio --sparse (score: 34)
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| 75 | Author: Cezary Sliwa <sliwa@cft.edu.pl>
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| 76 | Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:43:34 +0200 (CEST)
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| 77 | the '--sparse' option of gnu cpio causes data corruption
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| 78 | (blocks of zeros are lost or appended to other files). C.S.
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| 79 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-03/msg00235.html (3,671 bytes)
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| 80 |
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| 81 | ** And these too
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| 82 | *** cpio-2.4.2: data corruption bug (score: 35)
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| 83 | Author: Todd Kelley <toddk@oeone.com>
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| 84 | Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 17:00:06 -0500
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| 85 | Hello, Recently at OEone we fixed a bug in GNU cpio-2.4.2: When
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| 86 | a file over about 0.5 megabyes grows while it is being
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| 87 | archived, it and all files following it in the archive are
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| 88 | corrupted. The crc do
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| 89 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-02/msg00062.html (4,297 bytes)
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| 90 |
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| 91 | *** cpio pass-through can corrupt files (score: 36)
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| 92 | Author: "Parrott, Jeff" <Jeff.Parrott@sea.siemens.com>
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| 93 | Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:32:57 -0400
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| 94 | I have seen corrupted files as a result of using the
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| 95 | pass-through option in cpio. The corruption occurs when
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| 96 | active/in-use (and growing) files are being copied. The problem
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| 97 | is that the file size has
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| 98 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2000-10/msg00087.html (4,974 bytes)
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| 99 |
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| 100 | ** cpio 2.4.2 unconditionally takes the tape drive offline (score:
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| 101 | 39)
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| 102 | Author: Scott Larson <scowl@plaza.ds.adp.com>
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| 103 | Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:15:52 -0800
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| 104 | We have been copying multiple volumes to a single tape with the
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| 105 | System 5 version of cpio. The gnu version of cpio doesn't
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| 106 | support this since it takes the tape offline (i.e. ejects the
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| 107 | tape) after rea
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| 108 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-01/msg00087.html (4,264 bytes)
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| 109 |
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| 110 | ** cpio -t can see international filenames, find -ls also suffers
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| 111 | (score: 35)
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| 112 | Author: "Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@kimo.FiXcomTHiS.tw>
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| 113 | Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 07:38:53 +0800
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| 114 | GNU cpio version 2.4.2 with cpio -t I can see Chinese [big5]
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| 115 | filenames. with -tv, they become \267\247 etc Just like what
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| 116 | happens with find . -print vs. find . -ls --
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| 117 | http://www.geocities.com/jidanni
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| 118 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2000-12/msg00143.html (4,084 bytes)
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| 119 |
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| 120 | * Suggestions
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| 122 |
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| 123 | ** GNU cpio suggestion (score: 42)
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| 124 | Author: "H.J.Thomassen" <hjt@ATComputing.nl>
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| 125 | Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:27:11 +0100
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| 126 | Re: suggestion for GNU-cpio extension (plus reference
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| 127 | implementation) We use cpio for our backup purposes. The backup
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| 128 | is started automatically in the middle of the night. To chase
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| 129 | away all users we d
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| 130 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-12/msg00244.html (7,474 bytes)
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| 131 |
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| 132 | ** cpio suggestion + patch (score: 38)
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| 133 | Author: Taylor Gautier <tgautier@s8.com>
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| 134 | Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:40:05 -0700
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| 135 | I have a suggestion for cpio. The suggestion is to make it copy
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| 136 | files into a temporary name and then rename the file as the
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| 137 | last operation. Since UNIX filesystems are supposed to
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| 138 | gaurantee atomicity
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| 139 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-04/msg00169.html (10,674
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| 140 | bytes)
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| 142 | ** [cpio] man page enhancement: a Example section ? (score: 5)
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| 143 | Author: Yannick Patois <patois@calvix.org>
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| 144 | Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:48:33 +0200 (CEST)
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| 145 | Hello, I seldom use cpio (as I think many people) and only had
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| 146 | to use it once or twice. IMHA, would be good to have a small
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| 147 | section with an example of most often performed actions
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| 148 | (creating an archiv
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| 149 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-10/msg00270.html (4,336 bytes)
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| 150 |
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| 151 | ** Patch to cpio to enable verbose *skipping* of files (score: 40)
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| 152 | Author: Tomas Pospisek <tpo@sourcepole.ch>
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| 153 | Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:54:14 +0200 (CEST)
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| 154 | This patch enables cpio to be verbose about the files that it
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| 155 | does not copy, which is very handy for seeing cpio's progress
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| 156 | through a tape or simply for debuging. The patch along with a
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| 157 | Debian packag
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| 158 | /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-10/msg00083.html (4,548 bytes)
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