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2010-03-18doc: improve ls --help's description of --escape (-b)Eric Blake
* src/ls.c (usage): Be more precise about how --escape (-b) works: say "C-style escapes", not "octal escapes". Reported by Jacky Fong.
2010-03-18maint: mark makefile "dist-hook" target as PHONYJim Meyering
* src/Makefile.am (dist-hook): Mark target as PHONY.
2010-03-17maint: add a space before open-paren, where lackingJim Meyering
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Likewise. * src/cut.c (main): Likewise. * src/dd.c (main): Likewise. * src/getlimits.c (print_int): Likewise. * src/join.c (join): Likewise. * src/pwd.c (logical_getcwd): Likewise. * src/sort.c (specify_nmerge, mergefps, avoid_trashing_input): Likewise. (merge): Likewise. * src/uptime.c (usage): Likewise.
2010-03-16timeout: add the --kill-after optionPádraig Brady
Based on a report from Kim Hansen who wanted to send a KILL signal to the monitored command when `timeout` itself received a termination signal. Rather than changing such a signal into a KILL, we provide the more general mechanism of sending the KILL after the specified grace period. * src/timeout.c (cleanup): If a non zero kill delay is specified, (re)set the alarm to that delay, after which a KILL signal will be sent to the process group. (usage): Mention the new option. Separate the description of DURATION since it's now specified in 2 places. Clarify that the duration is an integer. (parse_duration): A new function refactored from main(), since this logic is now called for two parameters. (main): Parse the -k option. * doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Describe the new --kill-after option and use @display rather than @table to show the duration suffixes. Clarify that a duration of 0 disables the associated timeout. * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Check invalid --kill-after. * tests/misc/timeout: Check a valid --kill-after works. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2010-03-13build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
The latest from gnulib once again passes all tests.
2010-03-13revert to previous working version of gnulibJim Meyering
This reverts commit 0c31cdc2d13a1e47106ce708ca9c94df8d21f764.
2010-03-13doc: use mktemp, not tempfile, in a shred usage exampleThien-Thi Nguyen
* doc/coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Use mktemp(1) instead of Debian-specific tempfile(1).
2010-03-12build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
2010-03-11maint: drop *.lzma suportEric Blake
* .gitignore: Remove *.lzma lines.
2010-03-10maint: ignore *.xz filesEric Blake
* .gitignore: Ignore *.xz created by 'make dist', now that we no longer produce *.lzma.
2010-03-10remove: without -f, avoid unnecessary-expense/issues with euidaccessJim Meyering
* src/remove.c (write_protected_non_symlink): If faccessat fails, return 1 or -1 directly, rather than falling back on euidaccess*.
2010-03-09doc: Add an example for cutting fields separated by runs of blanksPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Show how tr can be used to process the input for cut in this case. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
2010-03-04maint: rename the si_present variable in sort to iec_presentPádraig Brady
* src/sort.c: The units containing 'i' are actually IEC not SI.
2010-03-04sort: inform the system about our input access patternJoey Degges
Tell the system that we'll access input sequentially, so that we more efficiently process uncached files in a few cases: Reading from faster flash devices. E.g. 21 MB/s key: NORMAL 31.6s (26.8 user) SEQUENTIAL 27.7s WILLNEED 27.7s Processing in parallel with readahead when using a small 1M buffer: NORMAL 24.7s (21.1 user) SEQUENTIAL 22.7s WILLNEED 25.6s A small benefit when merging: NORMAL 25.0s (16.9 user) SEQUENTIAL 24.6s (16.6 user) WILLNEED 38.4s (13.1 user) Note WILLNEED is presented above for comparison to show it has some unwanted characteristics due to its synchronous prepopulation of the cache. It has a good benefit on a mechanical disk @ 80MB/s and a multicore system with competing processes: NORMAL 14.73s SEQUENTIAL 10.95s WILLNEED 05.22s However the scheduling differences causing this result are probably best explicitly managed using `nice` etc. * m4/jm-macros.m4 (coreutils_MACROS): check for posix_fadvise(). * src/sort.c (fadvise_input): A new function to apply the POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL hint to an input stream. (stream_open): Call the above function for all input streams.
2010-03-04tests: don't let the LANGUAGE envvar perturb testsJim Meyering
* tests/envvar-check (vars): Add LANGUAGE to the list of envvars to unset. At least in glibc (as an extension to POSIX), its value actually trumps LC_ALL: $ LC_ALL=es_ES LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 /bin/cat no-such /bin/cat: no-such: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type but only when the default locale is not C: $ LC_ALL=C LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 /bin/cat no-such /bin/cat: no-such: No such file or directory Prompted by a report from Mads Kiilerich.
2010-03-01sort: fix issues with month sorting in some localesPádraig Brady
* src/sort.c (char fold_toupper[]): Change to unsigned so as the correct comparisons are made in getmonth(). This fixes unibyte locales where abbreviated months have characters that are > 0x7F, but it also works for multibyte locales with the caveat that multibyte characters are matched case sensitively. With this change, the following example sorts correctly: $ echo -e "1 márta\n2 Feabhra" | LANG=ga_IE.utf8 sort -k2,2M 2 Feabhra 1 márta * src/sort.c (inittables): Since we ignore blanks around months in the input, don't include them when they're present in the locale. With this change, the following example sorts correctly: $ echo -e "1 2月\n2 1月" | LANG=ja_JP.utf8 sort -k2,2M 2 1月 1 2月 * tests/misc/sort-month: A new test to exercise the above cases. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2010-02-25bootstrap: resynchronize from gnulibEric Blake
* gnulib: Update to latest. * bootstrap: Copy from gnulib/build-aux/bootstrap. * README-hacking: Describe how to use GNULIB_SRCDIR.
2010-02-25expr: clarify error messageEric Blake
* src/expr.c (eval4, eval3): Clarify that expr expects integers, and not the broader category of numbers. * tests/misc/expr: Update test accordingly. Suggested by Dan Jacobson.
2010-02-19maint: clean up the output from syntax-check rulesPádraig Brady
* cfg.mk (sc_tight_scope): Pass the -s (silent) flag to `make` so that it doesn't report about calling sub makes. (sc_check-AUTHORS): Likewise. (sc_strftime_check): Don't display stderr from `info`. * src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Don't annotate with "GEN". (sc_check-AUTHORS): Likewise.
2010-02-17ls: fix a regression by honoring NORMAL attributes againMoritz Orbach
Output the NORMAL attribute before non file name text. This attribute will continue into file names that would not otherwise be colored unless FILE is also set. The regression was introduced with commit 483297d5, 28-02-2009, "ls --color no longer outputs unnecessary escape sequences". * src/ls.c (set_normal_color): A new function to output the NORMAL attribute sequence if it's enabled. (print_current_files): Output NORMAL before printing long format info. (print_file_name_and_frills): Output NORMAL before printing file name. (print_color_indicator): Reset the attributes before a file name with attributes so that NORMAL attributes will not combine with them. (print_name_with_quoting): Ensure attributes are reset after printing the file name if NORMAL attributes were output. * tests/ls/color-norm: A new test for NORMAL and FILE combinations. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix. Reported in https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26512
2010-02-16maint: fix the man page correlation testsPádraig Brady
These checks were not being run as distcheck-hook targets are only supported in the top-level Makefile. Instead these tests are now run during a syntax-check. * cfg.mk (sc_man_file_correlation): A new syntax check to call the 2 existing tests to check the correlation between the programs and man/*.[1x]. * man/Makefile.am (sc_man_file_correlation): Call the 2 existing man page correlation tests. (check-x-vs-1): Remove the "GEN" annotation as it's a bit verbose. (check-programs-vs-x): Likewise. * src/Makefile.am (all_programs.list): Exclude libstdbuf.so from the list of programs. This issue was not noticed as the checks were not actually being run.
2010-02-16tests: fix an unlikely race in tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2Pádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2: Explicitly kill the process by using cleanup_() rather than using a timeout which may trigger a failure on very slow systems (< 20 iterations of the loop per second).
2010-02-15doc: fix inconsistent capitalization in --help outputPádraig Brady
* src/base64.c (usage): Don't capitalize the first character in an --option description. * src/stdbuf.c (usage): Likewise. * src/truncate.c (usage): Likewise. * cfg.mk (sc_option_desc_uppercase): A new syntax check to stop this happening in future. * man/Makefile.am (sc_option_desc_uppercase): Ensure all man pages are generated, then search for erroneous uppercase chars. * src/Makefile.am (all_programs): Ensure all commands are built so that all man pages can be generated.
2010-02-15remove.c: remove three unnecessary #include directivesJim Meyering
* src/remove.c: Don't include hash.h, hash-pjw.h or obstack.h. They have been unused since the fts rewrite.
2010-02-15build: ignore another gnulib artifactEric Blake
* .gitignore: Add lib/warn-on-use.h.
2010-02-15dirname: improve man page descriptionEric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Properly cover behavior on directory. * man/dirname.x: Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Emmanuel Lacour.
2010-02-11doc: remove extraneous periods from --help outputPádraig Brady
* src/join.c (usage): Mention "fields" rather than repeating "line" so that it's more obvious that the fields are still parsed, and thus -o is still honored for headers. Also remove an extraneous '.' reported by Stéphane Raimbault. * src/base64.c (usage): Remove extraneous blank line and order the options alphabetically. Also remove an extraneous '.' * src/chown.c (usage): Remove extraneous '.' * src/cp.c (usage): Likewise. * src/mktemp.c (usage): Likewise. * src/pr.c (usage): Likewise. * src/stat.c (usage): Likewise. * src/uniq.c (usage): Likewise.
2010-02-10doc: add a TODO itemJim Meyering
* TODO: Consider adding a col implementation.
2010-02-07copy.c: improve a commentJim Meyering
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): The comment about POSIXLY_CORRECT refers only to cp, not to any other application that uses copy.c.
2010-02-07doc: add a cross reference from tac's man page to "rev"James R. Van Zandt
* man/tac.x: See also "rev".
2010-02-07tests: include help-version test settings used by gzip and grepJim Meyering
* tests/misc/help-version: ...the better to keep this file in sync.
2010-02-07doc: rewrite part of README-releaseJim Meyering
* README-release (Pre-release testing): Reorganize.
2010-02-05sync with gnulibJim Meyering
* gl/lib/regcomp.c.diff: Update to apply to changed version in gnulib. * gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
2010-02-02tests: fix various timeout racesPádraig Brady
Prompted by the continuous integration build failure at: http://hydra.nixos.org/build/277485 * tests/misc/timeout: Set all expected timeouts to 1s and all unexpected timeouts to 10s. In this way, tests normally proceed quickly but may delay up to 10s before reporting failures. * tests/ls/infloop: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/pid: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/pipe-f: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/wait: Likewise. * tests/dd/skip-seek-past-dev: Likewise.
2010-02-01tests: cp-a-selinux: skip the test if mounting a loop device failsOndřej Vašík
* tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Skip the test (instead of fail) if we fail to mount a loop device (e.g., none available).
2010-02-01maint: fix a typo in NEWSPádraig Brady
* NEWS: s/contains/contain/
2010-02-01join: make -t '' operate on the whole linePádraig Brady
Previously passing an empty parameter to -t would raise an error, but now it means to treat each line as a single field for matching. This matches the default operation of `sort` which is usually used in conjunction with join. * src/join.c (main): Set the field delimiter to '\n' if an empty parameter is passed to -t. (usage): Mention the operation of -t ''. * tests/misc/join: Add 2 new tests, for the existing -t '\0' and the new -t '' functionality. * doc/coreutils.texi (join invocation): Mention that join -t '' always operates on the whole line, while join -t '\0' usually does. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
2010-02-01join: add --header option to always output the first lineAssaf Gordon
This essentially allows one to use --check-order with headings. Note join without --check-order will already handle the common case where headings do match in each file, however using --check-order will fail often when the header sorts after the first line of data. Note also that this will join header lines from each file even if they don't match, with headings from the first file being used. * NEWS: Mention the new option. * doc/coreutils.texi (join invocation): Describe the new option. * src/join.c (usage): Likewise. (join): Join the header lines unconditionally. * tests/misc/join: Add 5 new tests.
2010-02-01maint: fix an inconsequential memory leak in joinPádraig Brady
* src/join.c (join): Refactor the code that checks for misorder at the tail of the files. The most significant change here is that freeline() is called thus silencing a valgrind warning about a definite but inconsequential memory leak. (freeline): Make more general by doing nothing when passed NULL, and setting freed pointers to NULL.
2010-02-01maint: use $(CONFIG_INCLUDE) rather than the hardcoding lib/config.hPádraig Brady
* tests/check.mk (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Use the generated CONFIG_INCLUDE variable. Note $(abs_builddir)/$(CONFIG_HEADER) also currently works, but $(CONFIG_HEADER) is deprecated and may not be generated in future. $(CONFIG_INCLUDE) was made available by gnulib in commit, 22970f8a, "syntax-check: detect incorrect boolean macro values in config.h"
2010-02-01ls --color: don't emit a final no-op escape sequenceJim Meyering
* src/ls.c (main): With --color, avoid emitting the final color- resetting escape sequence when it would be a no-op. * tests/ls/color-clear-to-eol: Adjust expected output accordingly. * tests/ls/color-dtype-dir: Likewise. * tests/ls/multihardlink: Likewise. * tests/ls/stat-free-symlinks: Likewise. * tests/misc/ls-misc: Likewise. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it. C de-Avillez rebased and adapted four of the new sl-dangle* tests in tests/misc/ls-misc. Reported by Jim Avera in http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/494663
2010-01-28maint: move vulnerable-Makefile.in-check to gnulibJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (sc_vulnerable_makefile_CVE-2009-4029): Move rule to... * gnulib: Update to latest, to get updated "maint.mk".
2010-01-27maint: add a syntax-check rule to check for vulnerable Makefile.inJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (sc_vulnerable_makefile_CVE-2009-4029): New rule.
2010-01-25who --mesg (-T) can use a more accurate test for TTY writabilityKamil Dudka
Enabled when coreutils is configured with --with-tty-group. Based on a patch written by Piotr Gackiewicz. Details at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/454261 * src/who.c (is_tty_writable): A new function returning true if a TTY device is writable by the group. Additionally it checks the group to be the same as TTY_GROUP_NAME when compiled with --with-tty-group. * m4/jm-macros.m4: Introduce a new configure option --with-tty-group. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2010-01-24tests: fix a syntax-check rule to pass in non-srcdir buildJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (sc_x_sc_dist_check): This coreutils-specific syntax-check rule would fail in a non-srcdir build, since in that case, each name from $(VC_LIST) starts with "$(srcdir)/". Fix that. * gnulib: Update to latest, to pull in a required maint.mk change.
2010-01-23tests: make cp-mv-enotsup-xattr independent of the host file systemPádraig Brady
* tests/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr: Create a file system from which to copy the xattrs so that the test is not skipped if the host file system does not have user_xattr support. Also don't erroneously fail when built without xattr support.
2010-01-23doc: add nproc to the texinfo overview menuPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi: Add nproc to the System context command list in the overview menu.
2010-01-23maint: ensure test independence from config macro formatPádraig Brady
* tests/cp/acl: Support USE_ACL not being defined. * tests/mv/acl: Likewise. Also fix typo in skip message. * tests/cp/preserve-slink-time: Support HAVE_UTIMENSAT being 0. * tests/touch/no-dereference: Likewise. * tests/ls/capability: Normalize so 1 is not required to be last char.
2010-01-19build: fix failure from bogus USE_XATTR definitionEric Blake
* m4/xattr.m4 (gl_FUNC_ADDR): Fix regression introduced in commit 6beca4248. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Adam Sampson.
2010-01-18libstdbuf: plug a very unlikely leakJim Meyering
* src/libstdbuf.c (apply_mode): Don't leak "buf" upon setvbuf failure.