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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:38:29 +0100
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Subject: Re: /usr/bin/fallocate missing in Cygwin 3.5's "util-linux" ...
To: Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>,
        Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
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From: Cedric Blancher via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 10:37, Cedric Blancher <cedric.blancher@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 04:53, Mark Geisert via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/23/2024 4:41 PM, Mark Geisert via Cygwin wrote:
> > > On 1/23/2024 3:36 AM, Roland Mainz via Cygwin wrote:
> > >> Small bug report:
> > >> Cygwin 3.5. now has support for SEEK_HOLE (thanks! :-) ), but
> > >> /usr/bin/fallocate is still missing in the "util-linux" package.
> > >>
> > >> Can someone please enable that tool ?
> > >
> > > I'll look into this.
> >
> > A new build of the util-linux package, 2.33.1-3, now includes fallocate
> > and its man page.  The updated package is now making its way to the
> > Cygwin mirrors.  fallocate requires Cygwin version >= 3.5.0.
>
> Thank you.
>
> The GNU coreutils package (cp, mv), GNU tar (tar), pax (pax) and
> libarchive packages need to be rebuild, as they all support SEEK_HOLE.
>
> @Corinna Vinschen Could you please include these updated packages as
> 'sparse file aware', as they support SEEK_HOLE?

... Include in the Cygwin 3.5 release notes. My fault, I hit the send
button too fast

Ced
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