/bin/cp of sparse files broken in 3.6.0-0.362.g68c13dc92f65.x86_64?

Thu Feb 13 14:36:29 GMT 2025

On Feb 13 09:02, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> This:
>> > - Cygwin mount has "sparse" option (mount Y: -o sparse,exec /cygdrive/y)
>> doesn't work:
>> $ cat /etc/fstab
> Y: /mnt/y binary,posix=0,sparse 0 0

Copy/Paste rulez again. That should have been
 Y: /mnt/y ntfs binary,posix=0,sparse 0 0
> none /mnt cygdrive binary,posix=0 0 0
> $ mount
> [...]
> Y: on /mnt/y type ntfs (binary,posix=0,noumount,auto)
>> As you can see, the options for drive Y are ignored and the options
> for the cygdrive prefix are used. This is even documented in a special
> note in https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive
>> Thanks for pointing this out, Christian!
>>> Corinna
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