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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-10-25 11:34:14 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-10-26 10:45:34 +0100
commitb4ec994b26662f890da855c8a1914aff4d2d3faa (patch)
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parent2bf151cd937dd44f00bc7249d5d8d95e9a34f207 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-b4ec994b26662f890da855c8a1914aff4d2d3faa.tar.xz
tests: seq: check for today's extended long double fix
* tests/misc/seq-long-double: New file. Test for today's bug fix. * tests/check.mk (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Export CC definition. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/seq-long-double. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
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@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
stat -f recognizes the Lustre file system type
+** Bug fixes
+
+ seq 9223372036854775807 9223372036854775808 now prints only two numbers
+ on systems with extended long double support and good library support.
+ Even with this patch, on some systems, it still produces invalid output,
+ from 3 to at least 1026 lines long. [bug introduced in coreutils-6.11]
+
** Changes in behavior
ls -l now marks SELinux-only files with the less obtrusive '.',