From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 09:56:44 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: NEWS: the cp bug affects mv and install, too
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doc: NEWS: the cp bug affects mv and install, too

* NEWS (Bug fixes): Note that the copy-induced corruption but affects
mv (sometimes) and install, too.  Pointed out by Bernhard Voelker.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0fc2a94d1b..bbd8f595bf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   cp could read from freed memory and could even make corrupt copies.
   This could happen with a very fragmented and sparse input file,
   on GNU/Linux file systems supporting fiemap extent scanning.
+  This bug also affects mv when it resorts to copying, and install.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.11]
 
   cp --no-preserve=mode now no longer preserves the original file's