[debbugs-tracker] bug#19305: closed (Integrate dd wrapper "progress-dd" with coreutils)

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> Integrate dd wrapper "progress-dd" with coreutils
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> Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:29:46 +0100
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> Hi there,
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> I would like to see dd wrapper "progress-dd" into coreutils.
> All it does is to keep sending USR1 to a child dd process to increase
> usability of that dd feature.
> It's up here:
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> http://git.goodpoint.de/?p=progress-dd.git;a=blob;f=progress-dd
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> I'm happy to fix any potential issues about it if your interested in
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> Best,
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> Sebastian
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> On 08/12/14 14:29, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> > Hi there,
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> > I would like to see dd wrapper "progress-dd" into coreutils.
> > All it does is to keep sending USR1 to a child dd process to increase
> > usability of that dd feature.
> > It's up here:
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> > http://git.goodpoint.de/?p=progress-dd.git;a=blob;f=progress-dd
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> > I'm happy to fix any potential issues about it if your interested in
> > general.
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> In general reusing existing tools with wrappers is a useful technique,
> and often preferred over adding options to the tools themselves.
> Though in this case we thought it more appropriate to add the status=progress
> option to dd itself, as that has the added advantage of updating a single line:
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>   http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=af2a4ed2
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> Note also the following related commit which make the handling of SIGUSR1
> free from races. See the example in coreutils.texi in the following
> to avoid the startup races:
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>   http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=27d2c738
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> The above two patches will be in the next coreutils release.
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> thanks,
> Pádraig.
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