Re: [Breakage] Git v2.21.0-rc0 - t5318 (NonStop)

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Feb 8, 2019, 22:07 UTC
Message-ID: <20190208220714.GG11927@genre.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <20190208193157.GA30952@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 02:31:57PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:

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> > It is available AFAIK on Linux, POSIX, and Windows under Cygwin.
> > That's more than /dev/zero has anyway. I have the patch ready if you
> > want it.
> 
> Is it POSIX? Certainly truncate() is, but I didn't think the
> command-line tool was. If it really is available everywhere, then yeah,
> I'd be fine with it.

It's not. POSIX doesn't specify the command, and macOS lacks it, I believe.

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