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Bug 23709

Summary:	dd can try to truncate devices
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Component:	fileutils	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Aaron Brown <abrown>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/latest/0857.html
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Description Michael K. Johnson 2001-01-10 15:13:02 UTC

Al Viro has provided a fix on linux-kernel, see
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/latest/0857.html

We should make sure that the fix makes it upstream as well, check
with Al to see if he has sent it.

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-01-10 17:06:57 UTC

Fixed and forwarded to bug-fileutils.