From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x336.google.com (mail-wm1-x336.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::336]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 411823857812 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:55:17 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 411823857812 Received: by mail-wm1-x336.google.com with SMTP id s13so520666wmh.4 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:55:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=WsqFlghoV4feaqczqLZZEz2ZjyA1k2drKM92vMufxtE=; b=mShKh9HutLIdeUXtt/EiWDOxzR3r3cAnhdTbyOkH4HQVsB/c7FI1w1k+9radf+MIe4 PuQ1yZ3l+uelkkQ/gYqOAVCdbAZ3lM756NQYN7u+nwOziK7Zu67bGtioLVVTjisQZFU/ xjWMpv3uiY4LcPTqVkGy4bDYlxwU4OEIisb2wuiYRa0so27Mxj6k+kF+J2yzb6cV9OTd I0OCG8bH+Ro020TuxkNXAyzxrM2dPg6cA1K3wGjb7edyH2O1KHZ6zJsM7p5nsZr1d+h1 FvESJGfVmL/pSQisN5NeAd+WVHVFPTXtW4mRY7TfEnVjl5IMrWrLUcQC9VaTiVbyYjxx EukA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531/U+QxcAEDfDRtZvsCKSCQNdAfPDLdUOqLdGiJi+Gr/G3Pi3Gz 3eGt8mRlrA9NcGK3rBe/Cg8NhzUCOyNyBZqCR1bJWrYxqylh7Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzGmrN4E+L6o8b/f3WiPmGM0+wR/uFrna2fM7SuuuYWpM1JlVDUApWyaSrr5VZ7CK9mYciNmrebg91RB6nmaUs= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:2cc4:: with SMTP id s187mr92645wms.36.1600098915716; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:55:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Erik Soderquist Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:55:04 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: DD bug fails to wipe last 48 sectors of a disk To: Cygwin General Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:55:20 -0000 On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:45 AM Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin wrote: > > Was this ever resolved? I could have sworn I saw some discussion about > this but I can't find it in the archives. I still have the thread in my local email; a couple viable work arounds were provided, but the issue's root cause is on the Windows side, so I believe the only real route to a true fix would be via Microsoft altering their code. > It might also affect ddrescue, I feel. I believe you are accurate in this feeling. -- Erik (op bcc'ed) -- "I do not think any of us are truly sane, Caleb. Not even you. Courage is not sanity. Being willing to die for someone else is not sanity." ... "Love is not sane, nor is faith." ... "If sanity lacks those things, Caleb, I want no part of it." -- Alexandria Terri in "Weaving the Wyvern" by Alexis Desiree Thorne