Bug#649913: Please use posix_fallocate

2011-11-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jim Meyering writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Package: coreutils >> Version: 8.5-1 >> Severity: normal >> File: /bin/cp >> >> when copying files the size of the resulting file is known (except in >> race conditions) beforehand and should be communicated to the >> filesystem using posix_fa

Bug#649913: Please use posix_fallocate

2011-11-24 Thread Jim Meyering
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 8.5-1 > Severity: normal > File: /bin/cp > > when copying files the size of the resulting file is known (except in > race conditions) beforehand and should be communicated to the > filesystem using posix_fallocate(). This ensures there is

Bug#649913: Please use posix_fallocate

2011-11-24 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Package: coreutils Version: 8.5-1 Severity: normal File: /bin/cp Hi, when copying files the size of the resulting file is known (except in race conditions) beforehand and should be communicated to the filesystem using posix_fallocate(). This ensures there is enough space for the file and more imp