bug#7362: dd strangeness

[Pádraig Brady]

On 05/03/11 08:17, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 03/04/2011 07:29 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> we should use a better overall solution for partial
>> reads; I'll try to come up with one.
> 
> Here is a proposed change for that, incorporating
> the recent suggestions plus a couple more ideas:

OK I like this since it consolidates the code.
It's slightly less general in that it would
erroneously warn with conv=sync oflag=direct,
but that's not a practical concern.

So Ack.

cheers,
Pádraig.