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doc: squashfs issue to be squashed in Linux 6.18

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Paul Eggert
2025-11-03 11:33:38 -08:00
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@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Changes in behavior
'cp' with default options may again, like with versions before v9.8,
miss opportunities to create holes with file systems like squashfs,
that support SEEK_HOLE only trivially.
miss opportunities to create holes with file systems that support
SEEK_HOLE only trivially. This change is a consequence of the
abovementioned copy offload fix.
'sort --compress-program' will continue without compressing temporary files
if the specified program cannot be executed. Also malformed shell scripts

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@@ -480,8 +480,9 @@ infer_scantype (int fd, struct stat const *sb, off_t pos,
return LSEEK_SCANTYPE;
/* Though the file may have holes, SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE
didn't find any. This can happen with file systems like
circa-2025 squashfs that support SEEK_HOLE only trivially.
didn't find any. This can happen with file systems
that support SEEK_HOLE only trivially,
such as squashfs in Linux kernel 6.17 and earlier.
This can also happen due to transparent file compression,
which can also indicate fewer than the usual number of blocks. */