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authorKamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>2008-10-03 11:03:40 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-10-03 11:59:17 +0200
commite505736f8211a608b00dfe75fb186a5211e1a183 (patch)
treed5d0e1cb62e0148acf9b0cb11585d999b61d259c /NEWS
parent7eb15e1020590ebc1f39e5679feea8f1106d241c (diff)
downloadcoreutils-e505736f8211a608b00dfe75fb186a5211e1a183.tar.xz
ls and sort: use filevercmp instead of strverscmp
* src/ls.c (cmp_version): Use filevercmp instead of strverscmp. * src/sort.c (usage): Remove mna reference to strverscmp(3). (compare_version): Use filevercmp instead of strverscmp. * bootstrap.conf: Add filevercmp to list of gnulib modules. * tests/misc/sort-version: Remove conflicting string and enhance test. * NEWS: Mention the change.
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@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
ls now colorizes files with capabilities if libcap is available
+ ls -v now uses filevercmp function as sort predicate (instead of strverscmp)
+
md5sum now accepts the new option, --quiet, to suppress the printing of
'OK' messages. sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum, and sha512sum accept it, too.
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
When processing more than NMERGE inputs, sort uses temporary files.
sort accepts a new option --version-sort (-V, --sort=version),
- specifying that ordering is to be based on strverscmp(3).
+ specifying that ordering is to be based on filevercmp.
** Bug fixes