* src/ls.c (print_horizontal): Fix bug reported by Mike Frysinger:

ls -x DIR would sometimes output the wrong string in place of the
first entry.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
* tests/ls/x-option: New file.
* tests/ls/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add x-option.

2 files changed, 60 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/ls/Makefile.am b/tests/ls/Makefile.am
index 461ba0756..2b6fb9044 100644
--- a/tests/ls/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/ls/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TESTS = \
   stat-dtype \
   inode dangle file-type recursive dired infloop \
   rt-1 time-1 symlink-slash follow-slink no-arg m-option \
-  stat-vs-dirent
+  stat-vs-dirent x-option
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS)
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
diff --git a/tests/ls/x-option b/tests/ls/x-option
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..44556dfca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ls/x-option
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Exercise the -x option.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+  set -x
+  ls --version
+fi
+
+. $srcdir/../envvar-check
+. $srcdir/../lang-default
+
+pwd=`pwd`
+t0=`echo "$0"|sed 's,.*/,,'`.tmp; tmp=$t0/$$
+trap 'status=$?; cd "$pwd" && chmod -R u+rwx $t0 && rm -rf $t0 && exit $status' 0
+trap '(exit $?); exit $?' 1 2 13 15
+
+framework_failure=0
+mkdir -p $tmp || framework_failure=1
+cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
+mkdir subdir || framework_failure=1
+touch subdir/b || framework_failure=1
+touch subdir/a || framework_failure=1
+
+if test $framework_failure = 1; then
+  echo "$0: failure in testing framework" 1>&2
+  (exit 1); exit 1
+fi
+
+fail=0
+
+# Coreutils 6.8 and 6.9 would output this in the wrong order.
+ls -x subdir > out || fail=1
+ls -rx subdir >> out || fail=1
+cat <<\EOF > exp || fail=1
+a  b
+b  a
+EOF
+
+cmp out exp || fail=1
+test $fail = 1 && diff out exp 2> /dev/null
+
+(exit $fail); exit $fail