bug#12421: Issue of the cp on Ubuntu 10.10

[Jim Meyering]

tags 12421 moreinfo
thanks

Alan Curry wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
>>
>> Dear Sir,
>>
>> A strange issue happens when I use the cp tool on two directory.
>
> [snip - summary: after recursive cp, some file has the wrong size]
>
> I don't have any good ideas about the cause of this problem, but since I
> didn't see anyone else replying, I'll suggest some investigation techniques.
>
> Run cp --version so we know how far back in history we should look for
> similar bugs.
>
> cmp the two versions of the file to see if the short one is just truncated,
> or if there are other differences.
>
> Run df -T on the source and destination.
>
> If it's reproducible, run strace -o cptrace cp ... and publish the cptrace
> for others to look at. (If the files being copied are private, the names and
> contents will be in the trace so you will have to inspect it yourself.)

Thanks for replying, Alan.
I've marked this as needing more info.