bug#6906: [PATCH] cp: copy entirely-sparse files oodles faster

[Assaf Gordon]

(triaging old bugs)

Hello,

On 17/04/11 10:28 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 04/17/11 01:55, Jim Meyering wrote:
> > Now that we have FIEMAP support, (by the looks of things
> > we will soon have SEEK_HOLE support in cp and in the linux kernel)
> > do you think adding support for this special case is worthwhile?
> > I could go either way.
> >
> > If so, would you care to rebase it for 8.13?
>
> Yes, I expect it's worthwhile, as the FIEMAP stuff isn't universal.
> I'll add it to my list of thing to do.  It's not high priority,
> to be sure.

In the 8 years since the original thread,
cp(1) can now copy sparse files very fast (though I suspect it's still 
with FIEMAP and not SEEK_DATA/HOLE).

https://bugs.gnu.org/6906

Can this be closed as out-dated?

regards,
 - assaf