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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:44:24 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:20:10PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
> We've had no proof of advantages (except in one very restricted corner
> case), and no disproof of disadvantages (i.e. speed penalties).

Max, do you perhaps remember the discussion on cygwin-patches?   You were
the only one actually against it (well, besides Gary who was against it
due to misinformation) without having *any* proof that it has disadvantages. 

Do you also remember that we asked for a testcase to show the disadvantage
(disfunctionality, bad timing, etc) and nobody showed up since Feb 20,
when I checked this in?

> Plus now an actual bug has surfaced.

Nonsense.  It's a bug in winfile, not in Cygwin.  Are you using winfile?

Corinna

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