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2009-04-19doc: update READMEJim Meyering
* README: (Reporting bugs): List the bug-reporting address here, too, not just in the following more test-oriented paragraph. Reported by Tim Mooney. All changes are no longer listed in version-controlled ChangeLog files, so note that contributions are attributed in the commit logs. Mention bootstrap.conf, now that it's the authoritative source of minimal prerequisite program/version# pairs.
2009-04-19tests: avoid failure of install-C test on FreeBSD UFS file systemAurelien Jarno
* tests/install/install-C: Use 2755 (set-gid), not 1755 (sticky), to test install -C with non-permission mode bits set. At least on FreeBSD with a UFS file system, a non-root user may not set the sticky bit on a non-directory.
2009-04-19comment touch up: insert a space between "#" and text of commentJim Meyering
* bootstrap: It's easier to read that way.
2009-04-19fix comment typosRalf Wildenhues
* bootstrap: Fix comment typos. * src/pr.c: Likewise.
2009-04-17maint: bootstrap: sync a tiny change from gnulibJim Meyering
* bootstrap: rename variable to sync with gnulib: s/\$depth/$shallow/
2009-04-16* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.Jim Meyering
2009-04-16build: use '.'-relative name, gnulib_dirJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (gnulib_dir): Use "gnulib", not "/gnulib", now that the former is a git submodule, and guaranteed to exist.
2009-04-15maint: clean up skipped syntax-check rulesJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Remove patch-check and changelog-check. * maint.mk (patch-check): Remove rule. (local-checks-available): Remove patch-check. (changelog-check): Remove rule.
2009-04-11build: avoid parallel distcheck failureRalf Wildenhues
* Makefile.am (ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Initialize here, too, to please automake. Add install-root, check-root, distcheck-hook. * cfg.mk (ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Add sc_tight_scope. * maint.mk (ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Add patch-check, check-AUTHORS, maintainer-distcheck, vc-dist, taint-distcheck, my-distcheck, alpha, beta, major.
2009-04-10doc: fix a typo: s/is a is a/is a/Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Fix typo.
2009-04-10build: tight-scope test: don't build excluded programsJim Meyering
* src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Depend on $(bin_PROGRAMS), not $(all_programs)
2009-04-10gnulib: update to latest: fix ls -v & sort -VJim Meyering
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2009-04-10maint: remove obsolete utime moduleJim Meyering
* bootstrap.conf (obsolete_gnulib_modules): Remove utime.
2009-04-10maint: put each module name on its own line; sortJim Meyering
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): List them one per line.
2009-04-09tests: misc/ls-misc: avoid shadowing local decl of $eJim Meyering
* tests/misc/ls-misc (make_j_d): Rename latter $e to $env
2009-04-09id: fix infinite loop on some systemsPádraig Brady
Steven Parkes reported that `id -G $USER` went into an infinite loop on Darwin systems for users in more than 10 groups: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264007 * gl/lib/mgetgroups.c (mgetgroups): Work around buggy getgrouplist implementations that don't update the required size correctly, by doubling the result buffer and retrying. Also return the parameter updated by getgrouplist rather than its return value, as the documentation doesn't actually state the number of groups stored is returned by getgrouplist. * tests/misc/id-groups: Add test to exercise this logic * tests/Makefile.am: Reference new test * NEWS: Mention the fix * THANKS: Update
2009-04-07maint: avoid "make syntax-check" failureJim Meyering
* src/install.c (main): Tweak syntax of new diagnostic.
2009-04-07install: deprecate the --preserve_context optionPádraig Brady
src/install.c: Print a warning when --preserve_context rather than --preserve-context is used as per FIXME.
2009-04-07maint: remove compiler warnings from randint and randread modulesPádraig Brady
* gl/lib/randint.c: Remove unused MAX macro * gl/lib/randread.c (randread_error): Add __attribute__((__noreturn__))
2009-04-07shred,sort,shuf: don't use /dev/urandom by defaultPádraig Brady
Suggestion from Steven Schveighoffer at: http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6797 to greatly speed up the random passes done by shred. * gl/lib/randread.c: Default to using the internal pseudorandom generator, rather than reading /dev/urandom * src/shred.c (usage): remove mention of /dev/urandom * src/shuf.c (usage); ditto * src/sort.c (usage): ditto * doc/coreutils.text: Document the new behaviour for aquiring random data.
2009-04-07maint: Clarify ambiguous refs to Linux kernels or GNU/Linux systemsPádraig Brady
* README-prereq: s_linux_GNU/Linux_ or s_linux_Linux kernel_ * README-valgrind: ditto * src/chown-core.c: ditto * src/dd.c: ditto * src/df.c: ditto * src/ls.c: ditto * src/mv.c: ditto * src/pwd.c: ditto * src/remove.c: ditto * src/shred.c: ditto * src/stat.c: ditto * src/su.c: ditto * src/system.h: ditto * src/timeout.c: ditto * src/truncate.c: ditto
2009-04-07doc: add missing documentation for some SELinux optionsPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option (install invocation): Describe the --preserve-context and -Z options (id invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option (mkdir invocation): ditto (mknod invocation): ditto (mkfifo invocation): ditto * TODO: remove the todo item
2009-04-06* doc/code-vs-command: Remove long-unused, never-distributed file.Jim Meyering
2009-04-04gnulib: update to latest: includes Solaris 8 portability fixesJim Meyering
2009-04-04maint: clean up Makefile.am, rename remaining ChangeLog filesJim Meyering
* Makefile.am (changelog_etc, syntax_check_exceptions): Define. (EXTRA_DIST): Use. Remove names that are now automatically included: build-aux/git-version-gen, build-aux/vc-list-files. * build-aux/ChangeLog-2007: Rename from */ChangeLog. * doc/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * lib/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * m4/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * po/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise.
2009-04-04tests: tweak po_check syntax checkJim Meyering
* maint.mk (sc_po_check): Don't let dangling lib/*.[ch] links cause spurious "grep: lib/file.h: No such file or directory" warnings.
2009-04-04tests: improve ChangeLog syntax checkJim Meyering
* maint.mk (sc_changelog): Use $(VC_LIST_EXCEPT), not find. Don't hang when there are no ChangeLog files. (sc_require_config_h): For the file-name-filter, use grep -l to be slightly more efficient. (sc_require_config_h_first, _header_without_use, sc_program_name): Likewise.
2009-04-04tests: make syntax-checks more robustRalf Wildenhues
* maint.mk (_prohibit_regexp): Add ';' at end of ':'-introduced comment so that the comment doesn't gobble up the following test for a missing regexp definition. (_header_without_use): Escape all '.'s in a header file name, not just the first one.
2009-04-03* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Regenerate once more.Jim Meyering
2009-04-03doc: adjust 7.2 "cat,cp,install,mv,split speed-up" NEWS itemJim Meyering
* NEWS: Reword an entry from 7.2 and change "linux" to "GNU/Linux". The latter was requested by Richard Stallman. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Regenerate.
2009-04-03ls: fix alignment when month names have varying widthsPádraig Brady
Reported by Samuel Thibault and Stéphane Raimbault, as the glibc fr_FR locale has recently changed to use the official but variable width abbreviated month names. Other glibc locales also have variable widths. http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-locales/2008-q1/msg00035.html http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9859 * NEWS: Mention the fix * gl/lib/mbsalign.c: A new module to align and truncate a string in a specified number of screen cells, while handling multi-byte characters appropriately. * gl/lib/mbsalign.h: Ditto * gl/modules/mbsalign: Ditto * bootstrap.conf: Reference the new module * src/ls.c (abmon_init): New function, precompute the abbreviated months aligned left in a minimum width column <= 5 screen cells. (align_nstrftime): New function, replace the first %b in the format specification to strftime with the precomputed month string. Note using the cached month strings speeds up `ls -lU` by around 17% on glibc-2.7-2 on linux at least. Also if we implement this function using heap storage rather than automatic storage, and use snprintf instead of strcpy, ls will slow down by 2% and 1% respectively (i.e. a net gain of 14% rather than 17%). * tests/ls/abmon-align: A new test to test ls alignment for various formats and locales * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test
2009-04-02doc: Clarify the help for version sorting in ls and sortPádraig Brady
* src/ls.c: Update the -v help description * src/sort.c: Update the -V help description
2009-04-02doc: adjust README-prereq instructionsJim Meyering
* README-prereq: Reverse order of -b/--track options. Pádraig Brady mentioned that is required with at least git-1.5.3.6. Invoke automake's own bootstrap script.
2009-04-02build: require automake-1.10b or newerC de-Avillez
* bootstrap.conf: Require at least automake-1.10b. * README-prereq: Mention 1.10b, not 1.10a.
2009-04-02tests: skip mv/i-3 if /dev/stdin is unreadableJim Meyering
* tests/mv/i-3: Skip if /dev/stdin is unreadable. Reported by Sergei Steshenko.
2009-03-31build: set automake's silent-rules option via configure.acJim Meyering
* bootstrap: Revert commit 9f39fa855, 2009-03-28, "build: use automake's --silent-rules option when possible". * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Instead, set it here. Require the just-released version of automake: 1.10b.
2009-03-31tests: enable automake's color-tests and parallel-tests via configure.acJim Meyering
* gnulib-tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Don't define here. * tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Likewise. * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Instead, add color-tests and parallel-tests here.
2009-03-31build: use Automake's new parallel-tests featureRalf Wildenhues
* build-aux/check.mk: Remove, not needed any more. * tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Add parallel-tests and color-tests. * tests/check.mk: Do not include build-aux/check.mk any more. (SUFFIXES, TEST_LOGS): Remove. (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Use $$f rather than $$tst in $PERL invocation. * gnulib-tests/Makefile.am: Do not include build-aux/check.mk. (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): New macro, add parallel-test and color-tests. (TEST_LOGS): Remove.
2009-03-31* README-release (savannah news): Also mention the Subject: to use.Jim Meyering
2009-03-31post-release administriviaJim Meyering
* NEWS: Add header line for next release. * .prev-version: Record previous version. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
2009-03-31version 7.2Jim Meyering
* NEWS: Record release date.
2009-03-29tests: don't use lang-default from individual testsJim Meyering
* tests/sample-test: Don't recommend using lang-default here. It is now run for each test automatically, via TESTS_ENVIRONMENT. * tests/dd/reblock: Don't source lang-default here. * tests/misc/truncate-fail-diag: Likewise.
2009-03-29tests: other-fs-tmpdir: remove just-added duplicate /usr/tmpJim Meyering
* tests/other-fs-tmpdir (CANDIDATE_TMP_DIRS): Remove 2nd /usr/tmp.
2009-03-29tests: other-fs-tmpdir: avoid bogus "skipped **********..." diagnosticJim Meyering
* tests/other-fs-tmpdir (CANDIDATE_TMP_DIRS): Add /dev/shm to the list. Don't use a line of asterisks as the first line of the "why skipped" diagnostic, now that that line is printed on 'make check's stderr.
2009-03-28build: use automake's --silent-rules option when possibleJim Meyering
* bootstrap: Use automake's --silent-rules option.
2009-03-27tests: test-argv-iter.c: avoid declaration-after-stmtJim Meyering
* gl/tests/test-argv-iter.c: Move declaration "up", so as not to ruffle feathers of crufty compilers. We accommodate such compilers here solely because this module may migrate to gnulib. Tiny patch by Matthew Woehlke.
2009-03-27tests: fix 'make sc_tight_scope' on cygwinEric Blake
* src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Ignore leading underscores in symbols.
2009-03-27tests: avoid spurious test failure in set-GID build dirJim Meyering
* tests/install/install-C-root: Skip this test if in set-gid directory. Reported by Sven Joachim and C de-Avillez.
2009-03-27tests: migrate setgid-check into test-lib.shJim Meyering
* tests/test-lib.sh (skip_if_setgid_): New function. * tests/setgid-check: Remove file. * tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove setgid-check. * tests/chmod/c-option: Use the new function rather than sourcing the separate file. * tests/cp/cp-parents: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C: Likewise. * tests/mkdir/parents: Likewise. * tests/mkdir/perm: Likewise.
2009-03-26tests: mark the rm/ext3-perf test as "very" expensiveJim Meyering
* tests/rm/ext3-perf: Relegate this test to the very_expensive category, since it is failing too often for me, when run in parallel (-j4) with other disk-hammering tests. This test fails when it takes too long, so the fact that it fails under pressure is an inconvenience more than a real problem.
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