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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2023-02-05 19:52:31 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2023-04-08 12:19:40 +0100
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wc: ensure we update file offset
* src/wc.c (wc): Update the offset when not reading, and do read if we can't update the offset. * tests/misc/wc-proc.sh: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/61300
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@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
wc will now diagnose if any total counts have overflowed.
[This bug was present in "the beginning".]
+ `wc -c` will again correctly update the read offset of inputs.
+ Previously it deduced the size of inputs while leaving the offset unchanged.
+ [bug introduced in coreutils-8.27]
+
** Changes in behavior
'cp -n' and 'mv -n' now issue an error diagnostic if skipping a file,