2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb
index 8a0e6336aa..ec330fa9ff 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ do_install () {
         ln ${D}${bindir}/hello ${D}${bindir}/hello2
         ln ${D}${bindir}/hello ${D}${bindir}/hello3
         ln ${D}${bindir}/hello ${D}${bindir}/hello4
+        dd if=/dev/zero of=${D}${bindir}/sparsetest bs=1 count=0 seek=1M
 }
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
index f288fcafdb..4ff9b08c96 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class VersionOrdering(OESelftestTestCase):
 
 class PackageTests(OESelftestTestCase):
     # Verify that a recipe which sets up hardlink files has those preserved into split packages
+    # Also test file sparseness is preserved
     def test_preserve_hardlinks(self):
         result = bitbake("selftest-hardlink -c package")
 
@@ -97,3 +98,8 @@ class PackageTests(OESelftestTestCase):
         # Recipe creates 4 hardlinked files, there is a copy in package/ and a copy in packages-split/
         # so expect 8 in total.
         self.assertEqual(os.stat(dest + "/selftest-hardlink" + bindir + "/hello").st_nlink, 8)
+
+        # Test a sparse file remains sparse
+        sparsestat = os.stat(dest + "/selftest-hardlink" + bindir + "/sparsetest")
+        self.assertEqual(sparsestat.st_blocks, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(sparsestat.st_size, 1048576)