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coreutils package

  1. Bug #69807
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 69807

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edschofield (schofield) wrote :

No, this bug is not bogus! cp should check this before it starts copying a > 4GB file and give a helpful error message. It should not waste the user's time copying only the first 4GB of the file and then dump core.

This bug is simple to reproduce: create a large (>4GB) tar file and copy it to a VFAT partition (e.g. an iPod).

At least one bug is a duplicate of this bug: #75574. Bug #63900 is also related.