Hi, I've tested successfully the -proposed updates for quantal
$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 12.10 \n \l % apt-cache policy coreutils coreutils: Installed: 8.13-3.2ubuntu2.1 Candidate: 8.13-3.2ubuntu2.1 Version table: *** 8.13-3.2ubuntu2.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-proposed/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 8.13-3.2ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages $ rm -f j j2 && perl -e 'for (1..600) { sysseek (*STDOUT, 4096, 1) && syswrite (*STDOUT, "a" x 1024) or die "$!" }' > j && valgrind --quiet --error-exitcode=3 cp j j2 && cmp j j2 With no output, I'm adding the verification-done tag --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: precise verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073514 Title: cp, mv, install: data loss due to free memory read To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/1073514/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs