Re: Bug#1037275: dd: regression - posix expression syntax no longer supported

[Pádraig Brady]

On 10/06/2023 02:45, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 9.1-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I have a script that was used for some decades on multiple
> unices. Beginning with bookworm, it stopped working because dd no longer
> understands POSIX expression syntax for bs=:
>
>     $ dd if=... bs=1024x1024x32
>     dd: invalid number: ‘1024x1024x32’
>
> This should be valid syntax according to POSIX, and was understood on
> older versions of Debian GNU/Linux:
>
>     Two or more positive decimal numbers (with or without k or b) separated by 
> x, specifying the product of the indicated values

Yes this was a regression in coreutils 9.1
The patch attached is the proposed upstream fix.

thanks,
Pádraig

dd-many-multipliers.patch
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