From ace9ef2a9430c0b4f98a7aa16f921de334e04168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:27:13 +0100 Subject: maint: mention dd's new partial read warning in NEWS * NEWS: Mention the new feature, from commits e1788d9e and 194c1e89 --- NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 68a9a1b51..74235e28c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- which will discard any cache associated with the files, or processed portion thereof. + dd now warns that 'iflag=fullblock' should be used, + in various cases where partial reads can cause issues. + ** Changes in behavior cp now avoids syncing files when possible, when doing a FIEMAP copy. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2