Description of problem: split --number=K/N can be used when there isn't enough local storage, and you want to split input to separate output devices in separate runs. Ever since v8.26 (so including centos 8), there is a nasty data corruption issue for any file over 128KiB as part of the input file is skipped incorrectly. The upstream fix for this is: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/bb21daa1.patch
Thank you for reporting the bug! dist-git commit: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/coreutils/c/7afd521b
FEDORA-2021-a56b2d9e9d has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-a56b2d9e9d` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-a56b2d9e9d See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2021-74e0c6f8bd has been pushed to the Fedora 33 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-74e0c6f8bd` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-74e0c6f8bd See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Is there a bug tracking this for the centos/rhel 8 side of things. I didn't find one when searching for "split" in the RHEL 8 component
FEDORA-2021-74e0c6f8bd has been pushed to the Fedora 33 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
(In reply to Pádraig Brady from comment #4) > Is there a bug tracking this for the centos/rhel 8 side of things. > I didn't find one when searching for "split" in the RHEL 8 component We do not clone Fedora bugs for RHEL proactively, only the other way around. Given the fact that the upstream patch applies cleanly and fixes a possible data loss, I will clone this one for eventual inclusion in the next update of coreutils in RHEL-8. Thanks for the hint!
FEDORA-2021-a56b2d9e9d has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.