NetBSD Problem Report #59971

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Date: Sat,  7 Feb 2026 19:58:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: campbell+netbsd@mumble.net
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Subject: dd(1): POSIX.1-2024 updates
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>Number:         59971
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       dd(1): POSIX.1-2024 updates
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb 07 20:00:00 +0000 2026
>Originator:     Taylor R Campbell
>Release:        current, 11, 10, 9, ...
>Organization:
The NetDD Foundation, Inc.
>Environment:
>Description:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799.2024edition/utilities/dd.html

We appear to be missing iflags=fullblock, not sure if anything else.

>How-To-Repeat:
try to figure out why src/distrib/utils/embedded/mkimage copies a single byte at a time, up to 4 MB, with dd bs=1, to pad an image with zeroes
>Fix:
Yes, please!

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