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@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ +2006-08-19 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + * NEWS: Fix cp --sparse so that it preserves tail-end sparseness, even + when the file's apparent size is not a multiple of its block size. + * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Don't write a NUL before calling ftruncate. + For some file sizes, writing that single byte would unnecessarily + waste a few file blocks. That write may have been necessary in the + early days of Linux, but now, removing it should be safe. + Based on a patch by Alan Curry: <http://bugs.debian.org/370792> + * tests/cp/sparse: New test for the above. + * tests/cp/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add sparse. + + * tests/sparse-file: New file, essence factored out of... + * tests/du/8gb: ... here. Use the new script. + 2006-08-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * src/system.h (select_plural): Reduce by 1000000, not 1000, since |