On 2015-09-23 13:42:25 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I can simply reproduce the problem by reading the target on some > machine, then moving a file to the target on another (Debian 8) > machine. For instance: > > cassis% echo foo > file1 > cassis% cp file1 file2 > > fraise% cat file2 > foo > > then back on cassis (a Debian 8 machine): > > cassis% time mv file1 file2 > mv file1 file2 0.00s user 0.00s system 0% cpu 15.038 total
For those affected by this bug, I've eventually found a workaround: do a "touch" on the target before the mv. [...] cassis% touch file2 cassis% time mv file1 file2 mv file1 file2 0.00s user 0.00s system 54% cpu 0.007 total -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)