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2012-05-12ls: color each symlink-to-relative-name in / properlyJim Meyering
In order for ls --color to color each symlink, it must form the name of each referent and then stat it to see if the link is dangling, to a directory, to a file, etc. When the symlink is to a relative name, ls must concatenate the starting directory name and that relative name. When, in addition, the starting directory was "/" or "/some-name", the result was ill-formed, and the subsequent stat would usually fail, making the caller color it as a dangling symlink. * src/ls.c (make_link_name): Don't botch the case in which dir_name(NAME) == "/" and LINKNAME is relative. * tests/ls/root-rel-symlink-color: New file. Test for the above. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Mike Frysinger in http://bugs.gnu.org/11453 Bug introduced by commit v8.16-23-gbcb9078.
2012-05-10maint: post-release administriviaJim Meyering
* NEWS: Add header line for next release. * .prev-version: Record previous version. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
2012-05-10version 8.17Jim Meyering
* NEWS: Record release date.
2012-05-10stat,tail: recognize new FS types: bdevfs, inodefs, qnx6Jim Meyering
* src/stat.c (human_fstype) [__linux__]: Add 'case's for these local file system types: bdevfs (0x62646576), inodefs (0x42494E4D), qnx6 (0x68191122). Now that the kernel has a name for S_MAGIC_BINFMTFS, use theirs in place of our S_MAGIC_BINFMT_MISC. * NEWS (New features): Mention it.
2012-05-10maint: handle file sizes more reliablyPaul Eggert
Problem reported by Samuel Thibault in <http://bugs.gnu.org/11424>. * NEWS: Document this. * src/dd.c (skip): Handle skipping past EOF on shared or typed memory objects the same way as with regular files. (dd_copy): It's OK to truncate shared memory objects. * src/du.c (duinfo_add): Check for overflow. (print_only_size): Report overflow. (process_file): Ignore negative file sizes in the --apparent-size case. * src/od.c (skip): Fix comment about st_size. * src/split.c (main): * src/truncate.c (do_ftruncate, main): On files where st_size is not portable, fall back on using lseek with SEEK_END to determine the size. Although strictly speaking POSIX says the behavior is implementation-defined, in practice if lseek returns a nonnegative value it's a reasonable one to use for the file size. * src/system.h (usable_st_size): Symlinks have reliable st_size too. * tests/misc/truncate-dir-fail: Don't assume that getting the size of a dir is not allowed, as it's now allowed on many platforms, e.g., GNU/Linux.
2012-05-09stat: don't report negative file size as huge positive numberPaul Eggert
* src/stat.c (print_stat): Use out_int, not out_uint for stat.st_size. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
2012-05-08split: avoid apparent infloop when splitting /dev/zero w/-n on the HurdJim Meyering
* src/split.c (main): Use stat.st_size only for regular files. Samuel Thibault reported in http://bugs.gnu.org/11424 that the /dev/zero-splitting tests would appear to infloop on GNU/Hurd, because /dev/zero's st_size is LONG_MAX. It was only a problem when using the --number (-n) option. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. This bug was introduced with the --number option, via commit v8.7-25-gbe10739
2012-05-08maint: fix common spelling errorsKevin Lyda
These were identified using: https://github.com/lyda/misspell-check executed like: git ls-files | misspellings -f - * src/cat.c: Correct a spelling error. * src/comm.c: Likewise. * src/expr.c: Likewise. * src/pr.c: Likewise. * src/tac.c: Likewise. * src/test.c: Likewise. * src/ChangeLog-2005: Likewise. * src/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * src/NEWS: Likewise. * src/doc/coreutils.texi: Likewise. * src/lib/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * src/man/help2man: Likewise. * src/old/fileutils/ChangeLog-1997: Likewise. * src/old/fileutils/NEWS: Likewise. * src/old/sh-utils/ChangeLog.0: Likewise. * src/old/textutils/ChangeLog: Likewise. * src/tests/misc/comm: Likewise. * src/tests/misc/uniq: Likewise. * src/tests/mv/dir2dir: Likewise. * src/cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): update with `make update-NEWS-hash`
2012-05-07cp: handle a race condition more sensiblyJim Meyering
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): In a narrow race (stat sees dest, yet open-without-O_CREAT fails with ENOENT), retry the open with O_CREAT. * tests/cp/nfs-removal-race: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Philipp Thomas and Neil F. Brown in http://bugs.gnu.org/11100
2012-05-07doc: NEWS: note when the id/groups bug was introducedJim Meyering
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Note the first affected release. The id bug was introduced by commit v8.0-112-g719a95a.
2012-04-30cat,cp,mv,install,split: Set the minimum IO block size used to 64KiBPádraig Brady
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. * src/ioblksize.h: Add updated test results and increase value from 32KiB to 64KiB.
2012-04-27id,groups: with no user name, print only real and/or effective IDs,Jim Meyering
... i.e., don't use the getpw* functions. Before this change, running groups or id with no user name argument would include a group name or ID from /etc/passwd. Thus, under unusual circumstances (default group is changed, but has not taken effect for a given session), those programs could print a name or ID that is neither real nor effective. To demonstrate, run this: echo 'for i in 1 2; do id -G; sleep 1.5; done' \ |su -s /bin/sh ftp - & sleep 1; perl -pi -e 's/^(ftp:x:\d+):(\d+)/$1:9876/' /etc/passwd Those id -G commands printed the following: 50 50 9876 With this change, they print this: 50 50 Similarly, running those programs set-GID could make them print one ID too many. * src/group-list.c (print_group_list): When username is NULL, pass egid, not getpwuid(ruid)->pw_gid), to xgetgroups, per the API requirements of xgetgroups callee, mgetgroups. When not using the password database, don't call getpwuid. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. * tests/misc/id-setgid: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. (root_tests): It's a root-only test, so add it here, too. Originally reported by Brynnen Owen as http://bugs.gnu.org/7320. Raised again by Marc Mengel in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/816708.
2012-04-12fmt: accept new --goal=WIDTH (-g) optionBruce Korb
Accept -g for BSD/Plan9 compatibility. * NEWS (New features): Mention it. * tests/fmt/goal-option: New test. * tests/fmt/long-line: Rename from tests/fmt-long-line. * tests/fmt/base: Rename from tests/misc/fmt. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document it. * src/fmt.c (main): Accept the new option (check_for_goals): new function to implement the operands Based on BSD's and Plan-9's fmt programs.
2012-04-12cp: change --attributes-only to not truncate existing filesPádraig Brady
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Don't truncate an existing file, to support copying attributes between existing files. The original use case only considered creating new files, and it would be a very unusual use case to be relying on the truncating behavior. * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention the non truncating behavior. * tests/cp/attr-existing: A new test to ensure O_TRUNC skipped. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
2012-03-28chmod: undo previous changePaul Eggert
It's not portable; see <http://bugs.gnu.org/11108#17>. * src/chmod.c, NEWS: Undo previous change.
2012-03-28chmod: fix symlink race conditionPaul Eggert
* NEWS: Document this. * src/chmod.c (process_file): Don't follow symlink if we think the file is not a symlink.
2012-03-26maint: post-release administriviaJim Meyering
* NEWS: Add header line for next release. * .prev-version: Record previous version. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
2012-03-26version 8.16Jim Meyering
* NEWS: Record release date.
2012-03-22ln: add the --relative optionHarald Hoyer
With the "--relative --symbolic" options, ln computes the relative symbolic link for the user. So, ln works just as cp, but creates relative symbolic links instead of copying the file. I miss this feature since the beginning of using ln. $ tree ./ / `-- usr |-- bin `-- lib `-- foo `-- foo 4 directories, 1 file $ ln -s -v --relative usr/lib/foo/foo usr/bin/foo ‘usr/bin/foo’ -> ‘../lib/foo/foo’ $ tree ./ / `-- usr |-- bin | `-- foo -> ../lib/foo/foo `-- lib `-- foo `-- foo 4 directories, 2 files $ ln -s -v --relative usr/bin/foo usr/lib/foo/link-to-foo ‘usr/lib/foo/link-to-foo’ -> ‘foo’ $ tree ./ / `-- usr |-- bin | `-- foo -> ../lib/foo/foo `-- lib `-- foo |-- link-to-foo -> foo `-- foo 4 directories, 3 files * src/Makefile.am: Reference the relpath module. * src/ln.c (usage): Mention the new option. (do_link): Call the relative conversion if specified. (convert_abs_rel): Perform the relative conversion using the relpath module. * tests/ln/relative: Add a new test. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new feature. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2012-03-15realpath: let --relative-to default to --relative-baseEric Blake
Most of the time, if someone wants to filter which paths are relative while leaving all others absolute, they also want to to the filtering based on the same --relative-to directory. Make this easier to specify. * src/realpath.c (main): Convert error to default. * doc/coreutils.texi (realpath invocation): Document this. * tests/misc/realpath: Adjust test to match. * NEWS: Document it.
2012-03-15realpath: fix problems with root handlingEric Blake
When --relative-base is /, all other paths should be treated as relative (except for // where it matters). Also, on platforms like Cygwin where / and // are distinct, realpath was incorrectly collapsing // into /. http://debbugs.gnu.org/10472. * src/realpath.c (path_prefix, path_common_prefix): Treat / and // as having no common match. (relpath): Allow for no match even without --relative-base. * NEWS: Document this.
2012-03-10dirname: support more than one argumentJérémy Compostella
* src/dirname.c (main): Handle new -z option and manage more than one argument. * doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Mention it. * NEWS (New features): Mention it. * tests/misc/dirname: Add a two arguments test.
2012-03-10split: support an arbitrary number of split files by defaultJérémy Compostella
* src/split.c (next_file_name): If `suffix_auto' is true and the first suffix character is 'z', generate a new file file name adding `z' to the prefix and increasing the suffix length by one. (set_suffix_length): Disable auto suffix width in various cases. * tests/split/suffix-auto-length: Test it. * doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention it. * NEWS (Improvements): Likewise.
2012-03-09maint: fix a version number typo in NEWSBernhard Voelker
* NEWS: s/8.14/8.15/
2012-03-08chmod: add notations +40, 00440, etc.Paul Eggert
* NEWS: Document this. * doc/perm.texi (Operator Numeric Modes): New section. (Numeric Modes, Directory Setuid and Setgid): Document new behavior. * src/chmod.c (usage): Document new behavior. (main): Support new options -0, -1, etc. * tests/chmod/setgid: Test these new features.
2012-03-08du: fix -x: don't ignore non-directory argumentsJim Meyering
Surprise! "du -x non-DIR" would print nothing. Note that the problem arises only when processing a non-directory specified on the command line. Not surprisingly, "du -x" still works as expected for any directory argument. When performing its same-file-system check, du may skip an entry only if it is at fts_level 1 or greater. Command-line arguments are at fts_level == 0 (FTS_ROOTLEVEL). * src/du.c (process_file): Don't use the top-level FTS->fts_dev when testing for --one-file-system (-x). It happens to be valid for directories, but it is always 0 for a non-directory. * tests/du/one-file-system: Add tests for this. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Daniel Stavrovski in http://bugs.gnu.org/10967. Introduced by commit v8.14-95-gcfe1040.
2012-03-07basename: support more than one argumentJérémy Compostella
* src/basename.c (perform_basename): New function refactored from main() that performs the basename work on a STRING, optionally removes a trailing SUFFIX and outputs the result. (main): Handle new options. * doc/coreutils.texi (basename invocation): Mention new options. * test/misc/basename: Add new options test cases. * NEWS (New features): Mention it.
2012-02-29dd: add support for the conv=sparse optionRoman Rybalko
Notes: Small seeks are not coalesced to larger ones, like is done in cache_round() for example. conv= is used rather then oflag= for FreeBSD compatibility. * src/dd.c (final_op_was_seek): A new global boolean to flag whether the final "write" was converted to a seek. (usage): Describe the new conf=sparse option. (iwrite): Convert a write of a NUL block to a seek if requested. (do_copy): Initialize the output buffer to have a sentinel, to allow for efficient testing for NUL output blocks. If the last block in the file was converted to a seek, then convert back to a write so the size is updated. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. * tests/dd/sparse: A new test for the feature. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
2012-02-20split: add the --additional-suffix optionJérémy Compostella
Add the --additional-suffix option, to append an additional static suffix to output file names. * src/split.c (next_file_name): Append suffix to output file names. (main): Handle new --additional-suffix option. * NEWS (New features): Mention it. * doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention it. * tests/split/additional-suffix: New file. Test --additional-suffix. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. Requested by Peng Yu, in bug 6554
2012-02-18ls: cache ACL- and CAP-querying syscall failuresJim Meyering
Like the optimization to avoid always-failing getfilecon calls, this change avoids always-failing queries for whether a file has a nontrivial ACL and for whether a file has certain "capabilities". When such a query fails for one file (indicating no support), we know it will always fail that way for the affected device. With this change, we have thus eliminated nearly all failing-unsupported getxattr syscalls. * src/ls.c (has_capability) [!HAVE_CAP]: Set errno to ENOTSUP. (errno_unsupported): Expand the list of E* errno values to match that of lib/acl-internal.h's ACL_NOT_WELL_SUPPORTED macro. (file_has_acl_cache, has_capability_cache): New functions. (gobble_file): Use them in place of non-caching ones. * NEWS (Improvements): Mention it. Suggested by Sven Breuner in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.general/2187 While eliminating most getfilecon calls saved about 33%, eliminating these other calls can save almost all of the remaining ~67% cost, on some remote file systems.
2012-02-18split: support optional start value for --numeric-suffixesJérémy Compostella
Allow changing the --numeric-suffixes start number from the default of 0. * src/split.c (next_file_name): Initialize the suffix index and the output filename according to start value. (main): Check that the suffix length is large enough for the numerical suffix start value. * doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention it. * NEWS (New features): Mention it. * tests/split/numeric: New file. Test --numeric-suffixes[=FROM]. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Reference the new test.
2012-02-17doc: fix a typo about seek_bytes in NEWSPádraig Brady
* NEWS: s/count_bytes/seek_bytes/2
2012-02-12dd: add count_bytes, skip_bytes and seek_bytes flagsJérémy Compostella
dd now accepts the count_bytes and skip_bytes input flag and the seek_bytes output flag, to more easily allow processing portions of a file. * src/dd.c (scanargs): Compute skip_records and skip_bytes when 'skip_bytes' iflag is used. Compute max_records and max_bytes when 'count_bytes' iflag is used. Compute seek_records and seek_bytes when 'seek_bytes' oflag is used. (skip_via_lseek): Use new 'bytes' parameter and handle potential 'records' equals to zero. Update the bytes parameter when called with 'fdesc' equal to STDOUT_FILENO. Update the header comments. (dd_copy): Skip accordingly to skip_records AND skip_bytes. Count accordingly to max_records AND max_bytes. Seek on output accordingly to seek_records AND seek_bytes. * NEWS (New features): Mention it. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Detail new flags and behaviors. * tests/dd/bytes: New file. Tests for these new flags. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
2012-02-12mv: "mv A B" would sometimes succeed, yet A would remain, ...Jim Meyering
But only when both A and B were hard links to the same symlink. * src/copy.c (same_file_ok): Handle another special case: the one in which we are moving a symlink onto a hard link to itself. In this case, we must explicitly tell the caller to unlink the source file. Otherwise, at least the linux-3.x kernel rename function would do nothing, as mandated by POSIX 2008. * tests/mv/symlink-onto-hardlink-to-self: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Bernhard Voelker in http://bugs.gnu.org/10686
2012-01-30mv: allow moving symlink onto same-inode dest with >= 2 hard linksJim Meyering
Normally, mv detects a few subtle cases in which proceeding with a same-file rename would, with very high probability, cause data loss. Here, we have found a corner case in which one of these same-inode tests makes mv refuse to perform a useful operation. Permit that corner case. * src/copy.c (same_file_ok): Detect/exempt this case. * tests/mv/symlink-onto-hardlink: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Initially reported by: Matt McCutchen in http://bugs.gnu.org/6960. Raised again by Anders Kaseorg due to http://bugs.debian.org/654596. Improved-by: Paul Eggert.
2012-01-22maint: quote 'like this' or "like this", not `like this'Paul Eggert
* doc/coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names): coreutils now quotes 'like this'. * man/help2man: * src/timeout.c (usage): Quote 'like this' in diagnostics. * HACKING, Makefile.am, NEWS, README, README-hacking, TODO, cfg.mk: * doc/Makefile.am, doc/coreutils.texi, m4/jm-macros.m4: * man/Makefile.am, man/help2man, src/Makefile.am, src/copy.h: * src/extract-magic, src/ls.c, src/pinky.c, src/pr.c, src/sort.c: * src/split.c, src/timeout.c, src/who.c, tests/dd/skip-seek-past-file: * tests/pr/pr-tests: Quote 'like this' in commentary. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Update due to changed old NEWS.
2012-01-06maint: post-release administriviaJim Meyering
* NEWS: Add header line for next release. * .prev-version: Record previous version. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
2012-01-06version 8.15Jim Meyering
* NEWS: Record release date.
2012-01-05split: avoid failure due to leftover 'errno' valueBruno Haible
* src/split.c (lines_chunk_split): Fix logic bug that led to unwarranted failure of "split -n l/2 /dev/zero" on NetBSD 5.1. The same would happen when splitting a growing file, where open/lseek-end gives one size, but by the time we read, there is more data available. (bytes_chunk_extract): Likewise. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention this. * tests/split/l-chunk: The latter case was not exercised. Add code to do that. Bug introduced with the chunk-selecting feature in v8.7-25-gbe10739. Co-authored-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
2012-01-03doc: adjust NEWSJim Meyering
* NEWS (New programs): Move this small section to the top. (df): Reword entry, from Pádraig Brady.
2012-01-03df: work around long-named /dev/disk/by-uuid/... symlinksJim Meyering
On systems with recent kernel/tools, a symlink from /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts, and a by-UUID mount (i.e., soon, nearly everyone), you will see something like the following when running "df -hT": (this has been truncated to fit in a width-limited ChangeLog file) Filesystem Type Siz... rootfs rootfs 11G udev devtmpfs 3.8G tmpfs tmpfs 774M /dev/disk/by-uuid/828fc648-9f30-43d8-a0b1-f7096a2edb66 ext4 11G tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G /dev/sda2 ext3 494M /dev/sda5 ext4 12G /dev/sda6 ext4 9.9G Contrast that with what we're used to seeing (modulo the two entries mounted on "/", which is a separate problem): Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs 11G 1.9G 8.0G 19% / udev devtmpfs 3.8G 0 3.8G 0% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 774M 376K 774M 1% /run /dev/sda3 ext4 11G 1.9G 8.0G 19% / tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 8.0K 1.6G 1% /run/shm /dev/sda2 ext3 494M 78M 392M 17% /boot /dev/sda5 ext4 12G 7.6G 3.7G 68% /usr /dev/sda6 ext4 9.9G 6.6G 2.8G 71% /var When that long /dev/disk/by-uuid/... name is merely a symlink to a much shorter (and often more useful) device name like "/dev/sda3", and when it's part of a listing of all file systems, I would much prefer to see only the latter. Similarly, when using an encrypted root file system, you would see a name like /dev/mapper/luks-828fc648-9f30-43d8-a0b1-f7196a2edb66 pointing to say, /dev/dm-0, I prefer the shorter name. I.e., if I explicitly run "df -hT /dev/disk/by-uuid/828fc648-9f30-43d8-a0b1-f7096a2edb66", then, it's fine -- and expected -- to print to the long name. It was explicitly given. However, with no non-option argument, df should print the shorter name. Note that performing this translation at a lower level (via a change to gnulib's mountlist.c) would make it impossible to distinguish those two cases. * src/df.c: Include "canonicalize.h". (get_dev): Add a parameter, telling when we're in process-all- mount-points mode; update all callers. When true, resolve UUID-suffixed symlinks. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it. Reported by Dan Jacobson in http://bugs.gnu.org/10363
2012-01-03realpath: a new program to print the resolved pathPádraig Brady
This program is compatible with other realpath(1) implementations, and also incorporates relpath like support, through the --relative options. The relpath support was suggested by Peng Yu, who also provided an initial implemenation of that functionality. * AUTHORS: Add my name. * NEWS: Mention the new command. * README: Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (realpath invocation): Add realpath info. * man/Makefile.am (realpath.1): Add dependency. * man/realpath.x: New template. * man/.gitignore: Ignore generated man page. * po/POTFILES.in: Add src/realpath.c. * src/.gitignore: Exclude realpath. * src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add realpath. * src/realpath.c: New file. * scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Add realpath to the list of prefixes. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/realpath. * tests/misc/realpath: New file.
2012-01-01maint: update all copyright year number rangesJim Meyering
Run "make update-copyright".
2011-12-26stat,tail: recognize new FS type: pipefsJim Meyering
* src/stat.c (human_fstype) [S_MAGIC_PIPEFS]: New case. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention this.
2011-12-23tail: with -f, use polling when a file is on an FS of unknown typeJim Meyering
Before, we would use inotify in that case, which would work as long as updates were taking place locally, but not at all when remote. Move hard-coded list of known remote FS types into a more maintainable table in stat.c, alongside the list of FS names and magic numbers. Generate a new is_local_fs_type function. * src/Makefile.am (fs-is-local.h): New rule, generated file. * src/extract-magic: Revamp to parse local/remote keyword after each magic number in src/stat.c's case statements. Accept new --local option. * src/.gitignore: Ignore the generated fs-is-local.h. * src/tail.c [HAVE_INOTIFY]: Include fs-is-local.h. (fremote) [HAVE_INOTIFY]: Use the new function in place of the switch stmt with hard-coded list of FS types. Emit a warning when processing a file on a file system of unknown type. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it. Suggested by Sven Breuner.
2011-12-22tail,stat: add support for FhGFSJim Meyering
* src/stat.c (human_fstype): Add a case: fhgfs, 0x19830326. * src/tail.c (fremote): Add S_MAGIC_FHGFS. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Update the entry for GPFS to mention FhGFS, too. Reported by Sven Breuner.
2011-12-14du: -x should not count files in other file systemsPaul Eggert
This fixes Bug#10293, which I guess was introduced in commit 95c948b06a dated 2003-10-02. * NEWS: Document fix. * src/du.c (process_file): Don't count files in different file systems if -x is given. * tests/du/one-file-system: Test for this bug.
2011-12-08ls: be responsive to interrupts when color-listing large directoriesJim Meyering
Starting with commit adc30a83, when using --color, ls inhibited interrupts to avoid corrupting the state of an output terminal. However, for very large directories, that inhibition rendered ls uninterruptible for too long, including a potentially long period even before any output is generated. * src/ls.c: Two phases of processing are time-consuming enough that they can provoke this: the readdir loop and the printing loop. The printing was supposed to be covered by a call to process_signals in (print_name_with_quoting): ... but that call was mistakenly guarded by a condition that might be false for many or even all files being processed. Call process_signals unconditionally. (print_dir): Also call process_signals in the readdir loop. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz in http://bugs.gnu.org/10243 Co-authored-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
2011-11-12ls: plug a per-argument leakJim Meyering
Using ls -l on an SELinux-enabled system would leak one SELinux context string per non-empty-directory command-line argument. * src/ls.c (free_ent): New function, factored out of... (clear_files): ...here. Use it. (extract_dirs_from_files): Call free_ent (f), rather than simply free (f->name). The latter failed to free the possibly-malloc'd linkname and scontext members, and thus could leak one of those strings per command-line argument. * THANKS.in: Update. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Juraj Marko in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/751974.
2011-11-11ls: -k no longer affects -l's file sizesPaul Eggert
This fixes an incompatibility with POSIX 2008 and with BSD. Problem reported by Abdallah Clark (Bug#9939) via Alan Curry (Bug#10016). * NEWS: Document this. * doc/coreutils.texi (General output formatting): Document the new -k behavior, and --kibibytes. * src/ls.c (file_human_output_opts): New static var. (long_options, usage): Add --kibibytes. (decode_switches, gobble_file, print_long_format): Implement the new -k behavior. * tests/ls/block-size: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.