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Description: 
Index: coreutils-8.24/src/dd.c
===================================================================
--- coreutils-8.24.orig/src/dd.c
+++ coreutils-8.24/src/dd.c
@@ -1525,6 +1525,9 @@ scanargs (int argc, char *const *argv)
   if (multiple_bits_set (input_flags & (O_DIRECT | O_NOCACHE))
       || multiple_bits_set (output_flags & (O_DIRECT | O_NOCACHE)))
     die (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("cannot combine direct and nocache"));
+  if ((output_flags & O_APPEND) &&
+      ((conversions_mask & C_NOTRUNC) != C_NOTRUNC))
+    error (0, 0, _("you probably want conv=notrunc with oflag=append"));
 
   if (input_flags & O_NOCACHE)
     {