bug#8490: dd reads random number of records from pipes - named or otherwise - coreutils 8.9

2011-04-13 Thread Jesse Gordon
I can't believe such an obvious bug would exist this long, but on the other hand the test is so simple I can't see where it's user error. dd, when reading from stdin or from a named pipe sometimes (but not always) reads a random number of records a bit less then what it should. I tried it l

bug#8490: dd reads random number of records from pipes - named or otherwise - coreutils 8.9

2011-04-13 Thread Eric Blake
On 04/12/2011 03:02 PM, Jesse Gordon wrote: > I can't believe such an obvious bug would exist this long, but on the > other hand the test is so simple I can't see where it's user error. Thanks for the report. And you are correct in surmising that it is user error and not a bug in dd. > dd, when