qvm-copy reports incorrect size of the copied file

[tvondra]

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Qubes OS release

4.2.2

Brief summary

When copying file using qvm-copy from the terminal, the reported total file size is incorrect - it appends KB to size in bytes.

Steps to reproduce

Just try copying arbitrary file using qvm-copy, compare the file size.

Expected behavior

$ ls -l myfile
-rw-r--r--. 1 user user 3297676762 Aug 15 12:07 myfile

sent 0/3220388 KB
sent 3220388/3220388 KB

Actual behavior

$ ls -l myfile
-rw-r--r--. 1 user user 3297676762 Aug 15 12:07 myfile

$ myfile
sent 0/3297676762 KB
sent 3220388/3297676762 KB

[alimirjamali]

This might be fixed here.

What is the version of qubes-core-agent on your templates? The fix is applied to v4.3.5. You could find the version by

dnf info qubes-core-agent

[tvondra]

Yeah, that fix seems relevant.

My qubes-core-agent version was 4.2.35, and that misbehaved. But I just updated/restarted the appVM, which upgraded the package to 4.2.36, and that seems to report the correct size.

[andrewdavidwong]

Closing as completed. If anyone believes this issue is not yet completed, or if anyone is still affected by this issue, please leave a comment, and we'll be happy to reopen it. Thank you.