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2009-10-29build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
2009-10-29build: allow whitespace violations in gl/lib/*.diff filesJim Meyering
* .gitattributes: Exempt gl/lib/*.diff. * .x-sc_prohibit_tab_based_indentation: Likewise. * .x-sc_space_tab:Likewise.
2009-10-28nice, nohup, su: detect write failure to stderrEric Blake
These programs can print non-fatal diagnostics to stderr prior to exec'ing a subsidiary program. However, if we thought the situation warranted a diagnostic, we insist that the diagnostic be printed without error, rather than blindly exec, as it may be a security risk. For an example, try 'nice -n -1 nice 2>/dev/full'. Failure to raise priority (by lowering niceness) is not fatal, but failure to inform the user about failure to change priority is dangerous. * src/nice.c (main): Declare failure if writing advisory message to stderr fails. * src/nohup.c (main): Likewise. * src/su.c (main): Likewise. * tests/misc/nice: Test this. * tests/misc/nohup: Likewise. * NEWS: Document this.
2009-10-28doc: tell --enable-gcc-warnings users where to report problemsJim Meyering
* README-hacking: Add a caveat for --enable-gcc-warnings.
2009-10-28build: make doc checks more user-friendlyJim Meyering
* doc/Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Begin moving each individual test into its own rules. (sc-avoid-builtin, sc-avoid-path): New rules. Extracted from check-texinfo. (syntax_checks): Add them.
2009-10-28doc: avoid failing "make check"Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): s/builtin/built-in/
2009-10-28doc: improve the echo and printf help on escapesPádraig Brady
* src/printf.c (usage): Merge strings with echo.c to aid translators. Move the description for \NNN beside the other numeric escape codes. Don't mention "character" as that suggests character conversion. * src/echo.c (usage): Likewise. Also mention the \xHH escape sequence.
2009-10-28echo, printf: interpret \e as the Escape characterPádraig Brady
Match gcc, perl, bash, ksh, tcsh, ... in supporting \e. * src/printf.c (print_escape_char): Output \x1B when \e encountered. * src/echo.c (main): Likewise. * src/stat.c (print_escape_char): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Add \e to the list. * tests/misc/printf: Verify that \e outputs \x1B. * NEWS: Mention the change in behaviour.
2009-10-28printenv: ignore bogus variable namesEric Blake
Exposed by env a=b=c printenv a=b. * src/printenv.c (main): Silently reject = in names. * tests/misc/printenv: Test for it. * NEWS: Document this.
2009-10-28maint: avoid "make syntax-check" failurePádraig Brady
* src/printenv.c: Remove unused "long-options.h"
2009-10-27doc: turn env comments into documentationEric Blake
* src/env.c: Convert introductory comments... * doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): ...into documentation. Suggested by Jim Meyering.
2009-10-27env, printenv: add -0/--null optionEric Blake
Allows for unambiguous processing when environment values (or even non-portable names!) contain newline. * src/env.c (longopts): Add new option. (usage): Document it. (main): Implement it. * src/printenv.c (longopts): New variable. (usage): Document new option. (main): Implement it. * doc/coreutils.texi (Common options): New macro optNull. (du invocation, env invocation, printenv invocation): Use it. * NEWS: Mention this. * tests/misc/env-null: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it.
2009-10-27tests: add printenv coverageEric Blake
* tests/misc/printenv: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it. * .gitignore: Ignore more cruft.
2009-10-27tests: fix PATH problems on cygwinEric Blake
* tests/misc/sort-compress: Remove non-portable over-restriction of PATH; besides, commit 3ea177e changed sort to no longer default to gzip. * tests/rm/fail-eperm: Untaint, rather than clear, PATH. * tests/misc/pwd-long: Likewise. Also skip test if long path cannot be created. (normalize_to_cwd_relative): Use eq rather than ==, since cygwin perl doesn't properly handle 64-bit ino_t numerically.
2009-10-26tests: clean up tests of env -- handlingEric Blake
The comment in env.c about -- handling has not matched the behavior in the code since the initial commit back in 1992. * src/env.c: Fix bogus comment. * tests/misc/env: Further tweaks, avoiding PATH problems inherent in testing -i, and testing program name containing =. * doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): Mention that intermediate program is needed to invoke program with name containing =.
2009-10-26doc: document PATH interactions with envEric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): Mention that PATH is modified prior to exec. * tests/misc/env: Test this.
2009-10-26env: reject bogus -u argumentsEric Blake
* src/env.c (main): Use unsetenv rather than putenv to remove items from environ, and check for failure. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add unsetenv. * tests/misc/env: Test this. * NEWS: Document it.
2009-10-26maint: let gnulib provide environEric Blake
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add environ. * src/env.c (environ): Delete declaration. * src/printenv.c (environ): Likewise. * src/stdbuf.c (environ): Likewise. * src/su.c (environ): Likewise.
2009-10-26tests: avoid file name not portable to cygwinEric Blake
* tests/misc/chroot-fail: Use 'no_such', not '...', since cygwin 1.5 silently strips trailing dots. * tests/misc/nice-fail: Likewise. * tests/misc/stdbuf: Likewise. * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Likewise.
2009-10-26tests: rm/one-file-system: work around umount failureJim Meyering
* tests/rm/one-file-system (cleanup_): Unmount a/b, rather than "$other_partition_tmpdir", to accommodate those who link /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. Reported by Gilles Espinasse in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/18508
2009-10-26tests: adjust new env test not to failJim Meyering
* tests/misc/env: Create ./-i as a link to our "echo" binary, rather than as a bourne shell script, so that env can exec it. Set PATH to ".".
2009-10-26tests: nice: adjust new tests to work more portablyJim Meyering
* tests/misc/nice (tests): Accommodate a nice program for which "nice -n -1 nice" prints nothing. It should print -1 or (usually) 0. Otherwise, we'd get syntax errors.
2009-10-26nice: execute program even when setpriority fails due to EACCESJim Meyering
* src/nice.c (perm_related_errno): New function. (main): Use it, rather than testing only errno == EPERM. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2009-10-25timeout: don't orphan monitored programs if they ignore specified signalsPádraig Brady
* src/timeout.c (install_signal_handlers): Handle any user specified signal, so that if it does not cause the child to exit then we don't exit and orphan the child. Previously this for example, would leave an orphan dd process running: timeout -sUSR1 1s dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2009-10-23tests: test recent status changesEric Blake
* tests/misc/nice: Enhance test. * tests/misc/chroot-fail: New test. * tests/misc/env: Likewise. * tests/misc/nice-fail: Likewise. * tests/misc/su-fail: Likewise. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run new tests.
2009-10-23maint: move chroot testEric Blake
* tests/chroot/credentials: Move... * tests/misc/chroot-credentials: ...here, to reduce number of directories. * tests/Makefile.am (root_tests): Reflect rename.
2009-10-23tests: enhance stdbuf and timeout testsEric Blake
* tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Validate exact exit status. * tests/misc/stdbuf: Likewise. * tests/misc/timeout: Likewise. Use require_built_. * tests/misc/arch: Likewise.
2009-10-23nohup: use EXIT_CANCELED if not POSIXLY_CORRECTEric Blake
* src/nohup.c (NOHUP_FAILURE): Rename... (POSIX_NOHUP_FAILURE): ...to this. (main): Pay attention to POSIXLY_CORRECT, to determine whether to use status 125 or 127. * doc/coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Document this. * NEWS: Likewise. * tests/misc/invalid-opt (exit_status): Adjust expected results. * tests/misc/help-version (expected_failure_status): Likewise. * tests/misc/nohup: Likewise.
2009-10-23chroot, env, nice, su: use EXIT_CANCELED for internal failureEric Blake
* src/chroot.c (main): Use EXIT_CANCELED, not EXIT_FAILURE. * src/env.c (main): Likewise. * src/nice.c (main): Likewise. * src/su.c (change_identity, main): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (chroot invocation, env invocation) (nice invocation, su invocation): Document this. * NEWS: Likewise. * tests/misc/invalid-opt (exit_status): Adjust expected results. * tests/misc/help-version (expected_failure_status): Likewise.
2009-10-23tests: accommodate BSD getoptEric Blake
* tests/misc/invalid-opt (err_subst): Support alternate spelling.
2009-10-23build: prohibit improper use of stat and lstatEric Blake
* cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_stat_macro_address): New rule. * src/ln.c (do_link): Adjust comment to avoid false positive. * src/stat.c (do_stat): Likewise. * src/touch.c (main): Likewise.
2009-10-22build: update gnulib submodule to latest, for test cleanupsEric Blake
2009-10-22maint: turn on compiler warnings for gnulib testsEric Blake
* gnulib-tests/Makefile.am (AM_CFLAGS): Add WARN_CFLAGS. * configure.ac (enable-gcc-warnings): Also use -funit-at-a-time, to silence gcc 4.3.4 -Wdisabled-optimization. * .gitignore: Ignore some more files.
2009-10-22build: prohibit direct use of readlink or readlinkatJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_readlink): New rule. Suggested by Eric Blake.
2009-10-22tests: add a test for the `tail -f' race condition bugGiuseppe Scrivano
If new data becomes available between the initial read and when tail registers the inotify watch descriptors, ensure that it is read before a new event happens on the file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add tail-2/inotify-race. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race: New file.
2009-10-22tail -f: avoid a race conditionGiuseppe Scrivano
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. * src/tail.c (check_fspec): New function. (tail_forever_inotify): Ensure there is no new data before entering the inotify events wait loop.
2009-10-21build: update gnulib submodule to latest, for utimens enhancementsEric Blake
2009-10-21tests: ensure touch honors trailing slashEric Blake
* tests/touch/trailing-slash: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it.
2009-10-21md5sum, sha*sum, sum: line-buffer the printed checksumsPádraig Brady
* src/md5sum.c (main): Set stdout to line buffered mode to ensure parallel running instances don't intersperse their output. This adds 5% to the run time in the worst case of many zero length files, or 2% with standard file sizes. * src/sum.c (main): Likewise. * tests/misc/md5sum-parallel: New test for atomic output. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference it. * NEWS: Mention the fix
2009-10-20maint: issue warnings for more missing optional librariesPádraig Brady
* README-hacking: Suggest to use ./configure --quiet so that any warnings are easily noticed. * m4/gmp.m4 (cu_GMP): Warn if libgmp is not available. * m4/jm-macros.m4 (coreutils_MACROS): Normalize the libcap warning. * m4/xattr.m4 (gl_FUNC_XATTR): Warn if libattr is not available.
2009-10-19build: use gnulib's isblank moduleJim Meyering
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add isblank. * src/system.h (isblank): Don't define. * m4/check-decl.m4: Don't check for isblank declaration. * gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
2009-10-18maint: factor out duplication in currently unused rulesJim Meyering
* src/Makefile.am (fs_normalize_perl_subst): Define. (fs-magic, fs-kernel-magic): Use it.
2009-10-17touch: add -h to change symlink timestamps, where supportedEric Blake
* src/touch.c (no_dereference): New flag variable. (longopts): Add -h/--no-dereference. (touch): Add symlink handling. (usage): Document new option. (main): Accept new option. * NEWS: Document it. * doc/coreutils.texi (touch invocation): Likewise. Also mention birthtime. * tests/touch/no-dereference: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it.
2009-10-17tests: abmon-align: avoid test failureJim Meyering
* tests/ls/abmon-align: Don't remove (1d;) the first line of output. That was making the test consider only 11 of 12 month names. Rewrite not to use \(.*\), as that provoked a malfunction in GNU sed on powerpc Mac OS X (though we don't know yet whether this is due to a sed bug, or to miscompilation). Nelson Beebe reported the test failure.
2009-10-17build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
2009-10-15build: don't let environment settings perturb buildJim Meyering
Setting the envvars, LIB_FDATASYNC, LIB_XATTR or LIB_CRYPT could cause a configure-time and/or build-time malfunction. Typically, a configure-time function-in-library test is performed via code like this: LIB_VAR= AC_SUBST([LIB_VAR]) prefix_saved_LIBS=$LIBS AC_SEARCH_LIBS([FUNC], [LIB_NAME], [test "$ac_cv_search_FUNC" = "none required" || LIB_VAR=$ac_cv_search_FUNC]) LIBS=$prefix_saved_LIBS However, in each of the files affected by this change, the LIB_VAR= initialization was omitted. Thus, when set in the environment, its value would propagate into generated Makefiles when FUNC is not found in LIB_NAME. * m4/jm-macros.m4 (coreutils_MACROS): Initialize AC_SUBST'd var * m4/lib-check.m4 (cu_LIB_CHECK): Likewise. * m4/xattr.m4 (gl_FUNC_XATTR): Likewise.
2009-10-13tail: add add missing backslash at the end of a line in usageC de-Avillez
* src/tail.c (usage): Add missing backslash at the end of a line.
2009-10-12tail: tweak usage for more clarityEric Blake
* src/tail.c (usage): Spell out -n +K. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Jan-Pawel Wrozstinski.
2009-10-10touch: optimize use of utimensEric Blake
* src/touch.c (main): Use UTIME_NOW rather than calling gettime. (touch): Use UTIME_OMIT rather than stat.
2009-10-10copy: allow symlink timestamp preservation on more systemsEric Blake
* src/copy.c (utimens_symlink): Simplify by using lutimens. * m4/jm-macros.m4 (coreutils_MACROS): Drop utimensat; gnulib does this for us. * tests/cp/preserve-slink-time: Recognize lutimes support.
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