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 ** Bug fixes
 
+  cp --sparse preserves sparseness at the end of a file, even when
+  the file's apparent size is not a multiple of its block size.
+  [introduced with the original design, in fileutils-4.0r, 2000-04-29]
+
   df (with a command line argument) once again prints its header
   [introduced in coreutils-6.0]