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2010-04-23version 8.5Jim Meyering
* NEWS: Record release date.
2010-04-23tests: fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scriptsDmitry V. Levin
The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly. * cfg.mk (sc_always_defined_macros, sc_system_h_headers): Set the exit code in signal handler explicitly to 128 + SIG<SIGNAL>. * src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Likewise. * tests/test-lib.sh: Likewise.
2010-04-22base64: always treat input in binary modeEric Blake
Necessary for cygwin. Technically, this patch is not correct, in that it clobbers O_APPEND, but it is no different than any other use of xfreopen to force binary mode, so all such uses should be fixed at once in a later patch. * src/base64.c (main): Open input in binary mode. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Yutaka Amanai.
2010-04-21build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
2010-04-21docs: document transformation of obsolete sort syntaxEric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention the conversion.
2010-04-21maint: update a couple of NEWS items for the pending releasePádraig Brady
* NEWS: Mention that cp and mv from the previous release did not support preserving extended attributes (fixed in e489fd04). Improve the grammar for the "cp capabilities" item.
2010-04-20sort: fix parsing of end field in obsolescent key formatsPádraig Brady
This regression was introduced in commit 224a69b5, 2009-02-24, "sort: Fix two bugs with determining the end of field". The specific regression being that we include 1 field too many when an end field is specified using obsolescent key syntax (+POS -POS). * src/sort.c (struct keyfield): Clarify the description of the eword member, as suggested by Alan Curry. (main): When processing obsolescent format key specifications, normalize eword to a zero based count when no specific end char is given for an end field. This matches what's done when keys are specified with -k. * tests/misc/sort: Add a few more tests for the obsolescent key formats, with test 07i being the particular failure addressed by this change. * THANKS: Add Alan Curry who precisely identified the issue. * NEWS: Mention the fix. Reported by Santiago Rodríguez
2010-04-16cp: preserve "capabilities" when also preserving file ownershipPádraig Brady
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Copy xattrs _after_ setting file ownership so that capabilities are not cleared when setting ownership. * tests/cp/capability: A new root test. * tests/Makefile.am (root_tests): Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2010-04-16* HACKING (Add tests): Change example name, "newtest" to "new-test".Jim Meyering
Not that anyone would confuse with something newt-related, but just because it is more readable that way. doc: tweak HACKING
2010-04-16doc: tweak HACKINGJim Meyering
* HACKING (Curly braces): Tweak a sentence. Filter a few paragraphs through "fmt".
2010-04-16maint: fix build on platforms that replace strsignalPádraig Brady
* src/Makefile.am (kill_LDADD): Add $(LIBTHREAD) so that we link with the appropriate libraries to provide Thread Local Storage on platforms that replace strsignal (like AIX for example). Tested-by: Daniel Richard G. <danielg@teragram.com>
2010-04-16tests: avoid spurious failure of ls/color-norm testPádraig Brady
* tests/ls/color-norm: Use the "time" output by `ls -l` to check normal style. Previously we used the size from `ls -s`, but the size of "empty" files can vary depending on whether SELinux is enabled for example.
2010-04-15doc: document our code formatting policy regarding curly bracesJim Meyering
* HACKING (Curly braces: use judiciously): New section.
2010-04-14tests: avoid spurious failure of root-only ls/capability testJim Meyering
* tests/ls/capability: Adjust this test not to expect the no-op escape sequence that was removed from all other tests by 2010-01-30 commit 5d43617e, "ls --color: don't emit a final no-op escape sequence".
2010-04-13cp: treat selinux warnings consistentlyPádraig Brady
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Suppress SELinux ENOTSUP warnings consistently between the destination being present or not. Previously we did not suppress ENOTSUP messages when the destination was present. (copy_internal): Use the same ENOTSUP supression method as copy_reg() even though the issue was not seen in this case. * tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Add a test case for the issue and group the other test cases in the file more coherently. * tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr: Do the same check for xattr warnings, even though they did not have the issue.
2010-04-12doc: clarify when cp and mv output xattr warningsPádraig Brady
The 2010-03-26 commit, 4c38625e, "doc: fix info on cp --preserve..." was not entirely correct as cp --preserve=all does produce some xattr warnings. * src/copy.h: Update and clarify the comments for reduce_diagnostics and require_preserve_{xattr,context}. * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Update the -a and --preserve=xattr,context options to say when and which xattr warnings are output. (mv invocation): Mention that some warnings are output when preserving xattrs.
2010-04-11doc: mention that "capabilities" are preserved by cp/mvPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that "capabilities" are preserved when implemented using extended attributes. (mv invocation): Mention ACLs etc. are maintained due to xattrs being copied.
2010-04-11build: tell ./bootstrap to check for xz up-frontJie Liu
* bootstrap.conf (buildreq): Add xz to the list.
2010-04-11tests: more syntax-checksJim Meyering
* gnulib: update to latest * cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF): Remove, now that it's in gnulib's maint.mk. (_hv_file): Override the default.
2010-04-10maint: new syntax-check rule: prohibit empty lines at EOFJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (detect_empty_lines_at_EOF_): Define. (sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF): New rule. * .x-sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF: New file. Exempt pr test inputs. * Makefile.am (syntax_check_exceptions): Add it. Pádraig Brady suggested to parse the output of tail -n1.
2010-04-09dircolors: add rxvt-256color and rxvt-unicode256Mike Frysinger
* src/dircolors.hin: Add them.
2010-04-09maint: ftruncate is always available, even without gnulibJim Meyering
Now that even MinGW provides ftruncate, we know that all reasonable portability targets provide this function. Remove the workaround code. We nearly removed the gnulib module three years ago: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/9203 and it is now officially "obsolete". * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Remove ftruncate. * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Remove use of HAVE_FTRUNCATE and its no-longer-used workaround code. * src/truncate.c: Remove a comment about handling missing ftruncate.
2010-04-08doc: make wc --help say how it defines a 'word'James Youngman
* src/wc.c (usage): Add wc's definition of "word".
2010-04-08doc: adjust a header in announcement email templateJim Meyering
* README-release: Use Mail-Followup-To: rather than Reply-To:. The former works more reliably, at least with Gnus.
2010-04-07tests: add a PATH-sanity-check to help-versionJim Meyering
* tests/misc/help-version: Sync from gzip's version. * tests/check.mk (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Export VERSION, as required for new help-version test.
2010-04-06maint: fix a masked syntax-check violationJim Meyering
* m4/jm-macros.m4 (ARGMATCH_DIE): Use usage(EXIT_FAILURE), not usage(1). * .x-sc_prohibit_magic_number_exit: Remove *.m4 exemption that was masking the above.
2010-04-06build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
2010-04-05build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
2010-04-04tail: include sys/vfs.h (if possible) when sys/statfs.h is absentMarc Kleine-Budde
* src/tail.c [HAVE_INOTIFY && !HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H]: Include <sys/vfs.h>.
2010-04-02build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
* cfg.mk: Update to use new _sc_search_regexp interface. Run this: perl -pi -e 's/\b_prohibit_regexp\b/_sc_search_regexp/;' -e 's/\bmsg=/halt=/; s/\bre=/prohibit=/;' cfg.mk and then adjust backslashes so they still line up.
2010-03-31doc: synchronize parts of README-release from grep's versionJim Meyering
* README-release (FIXME): Add Reply-To, use coreutils@gnu.org for announcements. Update savannah-verbatim-announcement procedure.
2010-03-29build: update gnulib submodule to latestJim Meyering
2010-03-29tests: disable new texinfo-acronym syntax-check from gnulibJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Add new sc_texinfo_acronym, to skip it.
2010-03-29build: update after change in gnulib's lib-ignore moduleBruno Haible
* src/Makefile.am (AM_LDFLAGS): Define. Use gnulib's new $(IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS).
2010-03-29tests: avoid spurious sc_prohibit_test_minus_ao syntax-check failuresJim Meyering
* tests/misc/ls-time: Change comments and diagnostics. * tests/misc/xattr: Likewise.
2010-03-26tests: fix typos in envvar-check scriptJim Meyering
* tests/envvar-check: Fix variable name typos. Probably harmless, since no selected shell would fail to unset.
2010-03-26nice,chroot: use more standard option parsingPádraig Brady
Related to the 2010-03-25 commit, 88d4b346, "timeout: use more standard option parsing". * src/nice.c (main): Don't use parse_long_options() which is a helper for commands that don't have any long options specific to them. * src/chroot.c (main): Likewise. * tests/misc/nice-fail: Remove a case that now passes due to us accepting multiple instances of the --help and --version options. * tests/misc/chroot-fail: Likewise.
2010-03-26timeout: use more standard option parsingKim Hansen
* src/timeout.c (main): Don't use parse_long_options() which is a helper for commands that don't have any long options specific to them. * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Remove a case that now passes due to us accepting multiple instances of the --help and --version options. * THANKS: Add the author. Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
2010-03-26doc: fix info on cp --preserve=all, which does _not_ give xattr warningsPádraig Brady
The info docs have been inaccurate since 2009-04-17, commit 941bd482, "mv: ignore xattr-preservation failure when not supported by filesystem" * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Say that cp --preserve=all does _not_ output errors when failing to copy xattrs.
2010-03-21cfg.mk: remove comments with sed rather than cpp -fpreprocessedJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (_sed_remove_comments): Define, starting with gettext's moopp sed code, but factoring it to be more understandable. (sc_space_before_open_paren): Adapt. Prompted by Bruno Haible's suggestion to use gettext's moopp code.
2010-03-20cfg.mk: fix copy-paste-o in a diagnosticJim Meyering
* cfg.mk (sc_space_before_open_paren): Mention cpp -fpreprocessed, not cppi, when cpp -fpreprocessed doesn't work. Spotted by Eric Blake.
2010-03-20maint: enforce one small aspect of formatting style: space-before-"("Jim Meyering
* cfg.mk (sc_space_before_open_paren): New rule.
2010-03-20maint: code formatting nitJim Meyering
* src/system.h (ST_NBLOCKS): Add space before paren.
2010-03-19maint: mbsalign: fix an edge case where we truncate too muchPádraig Brady
* gl/lib/mbsalign.c (mbsalign): Ensure the temporary destination buffer is big enough, as it may need to be bigger than the source buffer in the presence of single byte non printable chars. * gl/tests/test-mbsalign.c (main): Add a test to trigger the issue.
2010-03-19maint: update the mbsalign modulePádraig Brady
* gl/lib/mbsalign.c (mbsalign): Support the MBA_UNIBYTE_FALLBACK flag which reverts to unibyte mode if one can't allocate memory or if there are invalid multibyte characters present. Note memory is no longer dynamically allocated in unibyte mode so one can assume that mbsalign() will not return an error if this flag is present. Don't calculate twice, the number of spaces, when centering. Suppress a signed/unsigned comparison warning. (ambsalign): A new wrapper function to dynamically allocate the minimum memory required to hold the aligned string. * gl/lib/mbsalign.h: Add the MBA_UNIBYTE_FALLBACK flag and also document others that may be implemented in future. (ambsalign): A prototype for the new wrapper. * gl/tests/test-mbsalign.c (main): New test program. * gl/modules/mbsalign-tests: A new index to reference the tests. * .x-sc_program_name: Exclude test-mbsalign.c from this check.
2010-03-19tests: change help-version to per-program functionsPaolo Bonzini
* help-version: Change each *_args variable to a *_setup function.
2010-03-19doc: tweak README-prereq againJim Meyering
* README-prereq: Change one more: s/coreutils/This package/
2010-03-19doc: make README-prereq more genericJim Meyering
* README-prereq: Adjust wording and reduce number of mentions of "coreutils", so it's easier to reuse in another package: grep.
2010-03-18rm: tweak wording about loss of data warningEric Blake
* src/rm.c (usage): Update wording to make two points more apparent: undelete is not trivial, and partial recovery should be a consideration factor in deciding whether rm is secure enough. Initially suggested by Reuben Thomas.
2010-03-18revert "maint: mark makefile "dist-hook" target as PHONY"Ralf Wildenhues
* src/Makefile.am (dist-hook): Do not mark this target as PHONY, explicitly. Automake does it for us.