Description of problem:
Mageia 1 Alpha1 use coreutils from 8.8 release 
but the latest stable version is 8.10.
Please upgrade it from 8.8 (2010-12-22) to 8.10 (2011-02-04) to fix bugs and have a more speed cp command.

8.10 changelog extract :
"The cp feature makes copying sparse files much more efficient on several common file systems. 
It takes advantage of a feature that was introduced in linux-2.6.27.
The improvement affects the default code path, so if you're looking
for risk potential, this is it.  It uses the feature if available,
and otherwise resorts to using the old, less-efficient copying code."

coreutils 8.10 changelog available at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

coreutils 8.9 changelog available at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html

Sources:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.10.tar.gz

For better information, latest alsa release in several Linux
Distribution :
Fedora 15 rawhide use 8.10
OpenSuse 11.4 us 8.9 and Opensuse factory use 8.10
Debian unstable sid use 8.5 	
Ubuntu snapshot natty use 8.5
Mandriva cooker use 8.9

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-8.8-2.mga1


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