[OpenIndiana-discuss] cp -p problem: extend system attributes

[Carsten Grzemba]

Am 08.03.13 schrieb Marcel Telka  <marcel at telka.sk>:
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 08:24:46AM +0100, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
> > Am 06.03.13 schrieb Marcel Telka <marcel at telka.sk>:
> > > /usr/bin/chmod S=cs xscreensaver.sav
> > > 
> > Thank you for this hint. (the oposite command to reset: chmod S-cs xscreensaver.sav)
> > I investigate further: The same behaviour is on the Solaris 11 NFS Server, there on the SAM-FS:
> > $ ls -/c xscreensaver.sav
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 grzemba staff 7276 Feb 25 2010 xscreensaver.sav
> > {---------s}
> > $ chmod S-cs xscreensaver.sav
> > chmod: ERROR: cannot set the following attributes on xscreensaver.sav: not supported
> > {nosparse}
> > $ cp -p xscreensaver.sav xscreensaver.sav.0
> > cp: Failed to copy extended system attributes from xscreensaver.sav to xscreensaver.sav.0
> > $ uname -a
> > SunOS fsrv 5.11 11.1 i86pc i386 i86pc
> > 
> > Which is a inconsistent behaviour of SAM-FS for me (Bug).
> 
> I'd say the NFS is not involved here in any special way. At least my tests with
> NFS+ZFS confirmed the sparse attribute works as expected. So it really looks
> like the SAM-FS does not support the sparse attribute. Are you able to
> reproduce the issue on SAM-FS locally (i.e. without NFS)? Are you able to
> reproduce the issue without SAM-FS?
> 
Thanks for your effort.
I opened a case for SAM-FS and got a prompt response: There is a patch available for that problem since 6 days.

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