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2009-07-27tests: new test for bug in ls -1U dir arg ...Jim Meyering
* tests/misc/ls-misc (multi-arg-U1): New test.
2009-07-27ls -1U dir arg ... now works againKamil Dudka
* src/ls.c (print_dir): Emit "$dir_name:\n" *before* accumulating (and possibly printing) directory entry names. The bug was introduced in coreutils-7.0 via commit 8d974b00, 2008-07-30, "ls -U1 now uses constant memory". Reported by Julian Bradfield. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2009-07-27tr: improve --help's description of --complement (-c)Heikki Orsila
2009-07-27doc: add a sort by line length examplePádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add an example showing how to sort data not directly supported by the sort command.
2009-07-27doc: mention realpath in the readlink infoPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Add realpath to the index, and also mention it in the readlink description so people searching for that functionality can easily make the connection.
2009-07-26build: use a fixed-name temporary in man/Makefile.amJim Meyering
* man/Makefile.am (check-x-vs-1): Using a fixed-name temporary file is better than one ending in -$$, because many -$$-suffixed files may accumulate over time.
2009-07-24doc: improve readlink description here, tooKamil Dudka
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Update menus. Add @cindex entries.
2009-07-24readlink: improve one-line summary: prints canonical file names, tooJim Meyering
* src/readlink.c (usage): Adjust one-line summary. * man/readlink.x: Likewise. Suggested by Kamil Dudka.
2009-07-21build: update from gnulibJim Meyering
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
2009-07-14doc: point to Guile's ChangeLog-writing guidelinesJim Meyering
* HACKING (Commit log requirements): Point to Guile's http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/changelogs/guile-changelogs_3.html. Mention that a bit of prose can be welcome.
2009-07-11tail: adjust type of a local variableJim Meyering
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Declare "len" to be of type size_t, not ssize_t, since the former is what safe_read returns.
2009-07-09tests: avoid false-positive cp/link-heap failureJim Meyering
* tests/cp/link-heap: Increase address space limit from 14000KB to 16000KB, to avoid failure with Debian unstable's libc6-dev-2.9-19
2009-07-09build: avoid build warn/failure due to -Wstack-protectorJim Meyering
* configure.ac: Do not enable -Wstack-protector. Otherwise, at least df.c would provoke a warning.
2009-07-08copy.c: remove a duplicate expressionOndřej Vašík
* src/copy.c (copy_attr_error): remove a redundant expression added in commit e0cf592f, 2009-04-27, "factor out test for errno ...".
2009-07-08build: update from gnulibJim Meyering
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
2009-07-08tail: use size_t for counter and index variables, ...Jim Meyering
* src/tail.c (any_live_files): ... not "int" or even unsigned int (tail_forever, tail_forever_inotify, main): Likewise.
2009-07-08tail: declare "file descriptor" variable to be "int", not size_tJim Meyering
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Use "int", not size_t as the type of a file descriptor variable.
2009-07-04move argv-iter module to gnulibJim Meyering
* gl/lib/argv-iter.c: Remove file. * gl/lib/argv-iter.h: Remove file. * gl/modules/argv-iter: Remove file. * gl/modules/argv-iter-tests: Remove file. * gl/tests/test-argv-iter.c: Remove file. * gnulib: Update submodule, to get argv-iter
2009-07-04tests: refactor code to use require_proc_pid_status_Giuseppe Scrivano
* tests/tail-2/tail-n0f: Read the process status using the test-lib.sh require_proc_pid_status_ function.
2009-07-04tests: use the "nobody" user's group as the default group idGiuseppe Scrivano
* tests/chroot/credentials: Use the group id, not its name. * tests/test-lib.sh (NON_ROOT_GROUP): Use the "nobody" user's group in place of "nogroup".
2009-07-03build: update from gnulibJim Meyering
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
2009-07-03sort: allow SI and IEC units on separate human sort fieldsPádraig Brady
* src/sort.c: Store the si_present state per key rather than globally * tests/misc/sort: Add a check that would have previously failed. Also add a test to demonstrate that invalid IEC/SI mixtures are not always noticed when they're not significant to the sort.
2009-07-03tail: avoid an inotify portability problem in kernels prior to 2.6.21Giuseppe Scrivano
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Handle the special case in which an old inotify watcher returns 0. Affects kernels in [2.6.13, 2.6.21).
2009-07-03tests: tail-2/wait: rename internal file nameJim Meyering
* tests/tail-2/wait: Rename file from not_accessible to unreadable, since all the test cares about is readability.
2009-07-03tests: tail-2/wait: don't fail when run as rootGiuseppe Scrivano
* tests/tail-2/wait: Ensure that the unreadable file really is not readable before trying to run "tail -f" on it.
2009-07-03doc: update the info on sort -b and -kPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention in the description of -b, that the locale can also affect whether blanks are significant. Update the list of ordering options for a --key that cause it to not inherit any global ordering options. Update the list of ordering options that implicitly skip whitespace.
2009-07-03maint: generalize the development prerequisites docsPádraig Brady
* README-hacking: Add a little more high level info and merge notes on specific developer prerequisites into README-prereq * README-prereq: Remove the Fedora 8 specific information and generalize the information to be applicable to any system.
2009-06-29tail: add comments noting potential inotify-related problemsJim Meyering
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Add two FIXME comments.
2009-06-28maint: bootstrap: merge changes from gnulibJim Meyering
* bootstrap: Indent using spaces, not TABs.
2009-06-28maint: bootstrap: sync submodule usage from gnulibJim Meyering
* bootstrap: Config for git submodule use only if .gitmodules exists.
2009-06-28maint: bootstrap: split a few long linesJim Meyering
* bootstrap (found_aux_dir): Avoid lines longer than 80 columns.
2009-06-27maint: don't change COPYINGJim Meyering
* COPYING: Don't modify Copyright date list in imported file. This file is one of very few exceptions in that we version-control it, even though its primary source is another package. Spotted by Eric Blake.
2009-06-27maint: add a rule to automate the annual copyright-year-update processJim Meyering
* build-aux/update-copyright: New file. * Makefile.am (changelog_etc): Add update-copyright. (update-copyright): New rule.
2009-06-27stdbuf: fix to stop -i option causing an assertionPádraig Brady
* src/stdbuf.c (main): Fix the array bounds check in the assert * tests/misc/stdbuf: Add a test for all standard streams
2009-06-25doc: clarify the tail inotify NEWSPádraig Brady
* NEWS: Say why inotify was used
2009-06-23maint: update all Copyright year lists to include 2009Jim Meyering
2009-06-23maint: remove old TODO filesJim Meyering
* lib/TODO: Remove file. * tests/join/TODO: Likewise.
2009-06-23doc: README-hacking tweakJim Meyering
* README-hacking: Move the "While building..." sentence down to where it belongs.
2009-06-23tests: tail-2/pid: include more info upon failureJim Meyering
* tests/tail-2/pid: Print unexpected $state upon failing.
2009-06-20doc: typo fix in README-hackingJim Meyering
* README-hacking: Fix a typo. Don't make building from a git-cloned tree sound so hard.
2009-06-20build: update from gnulib (hash module updates; maint.mk tweak)Jim Meyering
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
2009-06-17doc: fix a typoJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Insert missing "to".
2009-06-17stdbuf: A new program to run a command with modified stdio bufferingPádraig Brady
* AUTHORS: Register as the author. * NEWS: Mention this change. * README: Add stdbuf command to list. * configure.ac: Only enable on ELF systems with GCC. * cfg.mk (sc_system_h_headers): Use VC_LIST_EXCEPT rather than VC_LIST, so we can add an exception, if needed. * .x-sc_system_h_headers: New file. Exempt libstdbuf.c. * Makefile.am (syntax_check_exceptions): Add .x-sc_system_h_headers. * doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Add stdbuf info. * man/.gitignore: Ignore generated manpage. * src/.gitignore: Ignore stdbuf and libstdbuf.so binaries. * man/Makefile.am (stdbuf.1): Add dependency. * man/stdbuf.x: New file with example usage. * po/POTFILES.in: Reference new command and shared library sources. * src/Makefile.am (build_if_possible__progs): Add stdbuf and libstdbuf, (pkglib_PROGRAMS): Reference optional shared lib, (libstdbuf_so_LDADD): Ensure we don't link with non PIC libcoreutils.a. (libstdbuf_so_LDFLAGS): Add -shared GCC option, (libstdbuf_so_CFLAGS): Add -fPIC GCC option. (check-README): Exclude libstbuf. (check-AUTHORS): ditto. (sc_tight_scope): Exclude functions starting with __. * src/libstdbuf.c: The LD_PRELOAD shared library to control buffering. * src/stdbuf.c: New file to setup env variables before execing command. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference new test file. * tests/misc/help-version: Set expected exit codes. * tests/misc/invalid-opt: ditto. * tests/misc/stdbuf: Add 9 tests.
2009-06-16doc: cp: describe an oddity of combining -H/-L and --preserve=linksJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation) [-L]: Elaborate. [--preserve=links]: Remove comments saying that we need documentation for just this situation. Provide more explanation and examples. Reported by Brian M. Carlson in http://bugs.debian.org/525048.
2009-06-15maint: revert last change: we're not ready for "local" in scripts, yetJim Meyering
Revert "use a local var: more readable" This reverts commit c0d82452883a10911c9cbc69c84144d99b7e6b08.
2009-06-15use a local var: more readableJim Meyering
2009-06-15tail: use inotify if it is availableGiuseppe Scrivano
* NEWS: Document the new feature. * m4/jm-macros.m4: Check if inotify is present. * src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): New function. (main): Use the inotify-based function, if possible. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests for tail. * tests/test-lib.sh (require_proc_pid_status_, get_process_status_): New functions. * tests/tail-2/pid: New file. * tests/tail-2/wait: New file. * tests/tail-2/tail-n0f: Refactor code into the test-lib.sh require_proc_pid_status_ function.
2009-06-13diag: say "failed to...", rather than "cannot..." in a few diagnosticsJim Meyering
* src/chroot.c (main): ...it's more precise. * src/nohup.c (main): Likewise. * src/setuidgid.c (main): Likewise. * src/timeout.c (main): Likewise.
2009-06-13sort: Ignore fields where end position is before the start positionCliff Miller
* NEWS: Mention the fix * THANKS: Add Cliff Miller * src/sort.c (keycompare): Ensure lima >= texta * tests/misc/sort: Add 3 corresponding tests Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
2009-06-11tests: ls --color, permissions override hardlink coloringPádraig Brady
* tests/ls/multihardlink: Add a test case to demonstrate and test this non obvious behavior.
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