1 Following is the list of cpio-related reports to bug-gnu-utils.
2 Many of them appear to be fixed, but quite a number of them is
3 probably still waiting for being handled. The list is divided
4 into two parts, the messages are in somehow arbitrary order.
9 ** cpio -d bug (fwd) (score: 47)
10 Author: Christian Smith <csmith@micromuse.com>
11 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 02:06:46 +0000 (GMT)
12 This was bounced from bug-cpio@bogus.example.com I guess that
13 isn't set up yet. -- /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST
14 HTML MAIL X - AGAINST MS ATTACHMENTS / \ $ cpio --version GNU
16 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-11/msg00170.html (4,548 bytes)
18 ** bug in cpio with tapechange in copy-in-mode (score: 34)
19 Author: Bernd =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sch=FCler?=
20 <b.schueler@eckert-buerotechnik.de>
21 Date: 05 Aug 2002 18:37:56 +0200
22 Hello, last i made a restore from tape, and no request for next
23 tape happend, only an read-error occured. Here is an quick
24 patch, please verify the problem and the patch-code. I'm not
26 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-08/msg00122.html (4,518 bytes)
28 ** Re: bug in cpio? (score: 40)
29 Author: kasal@matsrv.math.cas.cz (Stepan Kasal)
30 Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 07:44:14 +0000 (UTC)
31 Hallo, the following option should help: -d, --make-directories
32 Create leading directories where needed. Details: cpio won't
33 create the directory for the file. Observe: kasal$ echo
35 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-06/msg00306.html (4,862 bytes)
37 ** cpio 2.4.2 bug? (score: 40)
38 Author: "H.J. Thomassen" <H.J.Thomassen@ATComputing.nl>
39 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:09:10 +0100 (CET)
40 Hello, We use GNU-cpio 2.4.2 and have the following problem:
41 Short: Assume I have a directory with two filenames, which are
42 hardlinks to the same i-node. I make a crc-cpio archive with
44 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-01/msg00161.html (5,624 bytes)
46 ** These two seem to be related:
47 *** cpio copy-in and multiply-linked files (score: 35)
48 Author: Chris Jaeger <cjaeger@ensim.com>
49 Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 23:46:04 -0700
50 Hi, I was wondering whether it was a bug or a feature that GNU
51 cpio, while in copy-in mode, will create a multiply-linked set
52 of files all of size 0 if the last linked file is not copied in
54 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-08/msg00074.html (4,142 bytes)
56 *** (no subject) (score: 2)
57 Author: brian@debian.org (Brian Mays)
58 Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 16:35:13 -0400
59 When hard-linked files (along with many other files) are
60 archived to a cpio ustar format archive, the files are _not_
61 all archived as hard links to each other in the archive. When
63 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-07/msg00080.html (5,666 bytes)
67 *** Re: minor problems with slackware-current (score: 7)
68 Author: Cezary Sliwa <sliwa@cft.edu.pl>
69 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:43:37 +0200
70 "cpio --sparse" corrupts data. A fix attached. C.S. Attachment:
71 cpio-2.4.2-sparse.diff Description: Text document
72 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-08/msg00000.html (3,989 bytes)
74 *** cpio --sparse (score: 34)
75 Author: Cezary Sliwa <sliwa@cft.edu.pl>
76 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:43:34 +0200 (CEST)
77 the '--sparse' option of gnu cpio causes data corruption
78 (blocks of zeros are lost or appended to other files). C.S.
79 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-03/msg00235.html (3,671 bytes)
82 *** cpio-2.4.2: data corruption bug (score: 35)
83 Author: Todd Kelley <toddk@oeone.com>
84 Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 17:00:06 -0500
85 Hello, Recently at OEone we fixed a bug in GNU cpio-2.4.2: When
86 a file over about 0.5 megabyes grows while it is being
87 archived, it and all files following it in the archive are
89 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-02/msg00062.html (4,297 bytes)
91 *** cpio pass-through can corrupt files (score: 36)
92 Author: "Parrott, Jeff" <Jeff.Parrott@sea.siemens.com>
93 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:32:57 -0400
94 I have seen corrupted files as a result of using the
95 pass-through option in cpio. The corruption occurs when
96 active/in-use (and growing) files are being copied. The problem
97 is that the file size has
98 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2000-10/msg00087.html (4,974 bytes)
100 ** cpio 2.4.2 unconditionally takes the tape drive offline (score:
102 Author: Scott Larson <scowl@plaza.ds.adp.com>
103 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:15:52 -0800
104 We have been copying multiple volumes to a single tape with the
105 System 5 version of cpio. The gnu version of cpio doesn't
106 support this since it takes the tape offline (i.e. ejects the
108 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-01/msg00087.html (4,264 bytes)
110 ** cpio -t can see international filenames, find -ls also suffers
112 Author: "Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@kimo.FiXcomTHiS.tw>
113 Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 07:38:53 +0800
114 GNU cpio version 2.4.2 with cpio -t I can see Chinese [big5]
115 filenames. with -tv, they become \267\247 etc Just like what
116 happens with find . -print vs. find . -ls --
117 http://www.geocities.com/jidanni
118 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2000-12/msg00143.html (4,084 bytes)
123 ** GNU cpio suggestion (score: 42)
124 Author: "H.J.Thomassen" <hjt@ATComputing.nl>
125 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:27:11 +0100
126 Re: suggestion for GNU-cpio extension (plus reference
127 implementation) We use cpio for our backup purposes. The backup
128 is started automatically in the middle of the night. To chase
130 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-12/msg00244.html (7,474 bytes)
132 ** cpio suggestion + patch (score: 38)
133 Author: Taylor Gautier <tgautier@s8.com>
134 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:40:05 -0700
135 I have a suggestion for cpio. The suggestion is to make it copy
136 files into a temporary name and then rename the file as the
137 last operation. Since UNIX filesystems are supposed to
139 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-04/msg00169.html (10,674
142 ** [cpio] man page enhancement: a Example section ? (score: 5)
143 Author: Yannick Patois <patois@calvix.org>
144 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:48:33 +0200 (CEST)
145 Hello, I seldom use cpio (as I think many people) and only had
146 to use it once or twice. IMHA, would be good to have a small
147 section with an example of most often performed actions
149 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-10/msg00270.html (4,336 bytes)
151 ** Patch to cpio to enable verbose *skipping* of files (score: 40)
152 Author: Tomas Pospisek <tpo@sourcepole.ch>
153 Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:54:14 +0200 (CEST)
154 This patch enables cpio to be verbose about the files that it
155 does not copy, which is very handy for seeing cpio's progress
156 through a tape or simply for debuging. The patch along with a
158 /archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2001-10/msg00083.html (4,548 bytes)