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2015-01-01maint: update all copyright year number rangesPádraig Brady
Run "make update-copyright" and then... * tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year. * tests/du/bind-mount-dir-cycle-v2.sh: Fix case in copyright message, so that year is updated automatically in future.
2014-12-02du: handle sub-bind-mount cycles gracefullyBoris Ranto
This patch fixes the handling of sub-bind-mount cycles which are incorrectly detected as the file system errors. If you bind mount the directory 'a' to its subdirectory 'a/b/c' and then run 'du a/b' you will get the circular dependency warning even though nothing is wrong with the file system. This happens because the first directory that is traversed twice in this case is not a bind mount but a child of bind mount. The solution is to traverse all the directories in the cycle that fts detected and check whether they are not a (bind) mount. * src/du.c (mount_point_in_fts_cycle): New function that checks whether any of the directories in the cycle that fts detected is a mount point. * src/du.c (process_file): Update the function to use the new function that looks up all the directories in the fts cycle instead of only the last one. * tests/du/bind-mount-dir-cycle-v2.sh: New test case that exhibits the described behavior. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new root test. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2014-11-27rm: fix prompted number of arguments to remove on some platformsPádraig Brady
"zu" was output on solaris 8 for example rather than the number, since coreutils-8.22. * cfg.mk: Disallow %z, since we don't currently use the gnulib fprintf module, so any usage with it is non portable. Also our usage with error() currently works only through an ancillary dependency on the vfprintf gnulib module. * src/rm.c (main): Use %PRIuMAX rather than %zu for portability. * src/dd.c (alloc_[io]buf): Likewise for consistency. * src/od.c (main): Likewise. * src/split.c (set_suffix_length): Likewise. * NEWS: Mention the rm bug fix. Reported in http://bugs.gnu.org/19184
2014-11-24paste: fix possible truncated output with large filesTobias Stoeckmann
If '\n' was present at the size_t boundary of a file, then that and subsequent data would be discarded. * src/paste.c (paste_parallel): Avoid the overflow issue by changing the flag to a boolean rather than a count. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2014-11-24df: only suppress remote mounts of separate exports with --totalPádraig Brady
* src/df.c (filter_mount_list): Separate remote locations are generally explicitly mounted, so list each even if they share the same remote device and thus storage. However with --total keep the suppression to give a more accurate value for the total storage available. (usage): Expand on the new implications of --total and move it in the options list according to alphabetic order. doc/coreutils.texi (df invocation): Mention that --total impacts on deduplication of remote file systems and also move location according to alphabetic order. * tests/df/skip-duplicates.sh: Add remote test cases. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. Reported in http://bugs.debian.org/737399 Reported in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/920806 Reported in http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/866010 Reported in http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/901905
2014-11-22tests: add a case verifying mv on case insensitive file systemsPádraig Brady
* NEWS: Update the recent entry to also mention the avoidance of incorrectly unlinking a multi-hardlinked "source" file when presented with source and dest that only differ in case. * src/copy.c (same_file_ok): Mention the case issue with same_name(). * tests/mv/hardlink-case.sh: Test the issue on HFS+. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test case. * tests/mv/vfat: Remove an old related but unused test case.
2014-11-21mv: fail when moving a file to a hardlinkBoris Ranto
We may run into a race condition if we treat hard links to the same file as distinct files. If we do 'mv a b' and 'mv b a' in parallel, both a and b can disappear from the file system. The reason is that in this case the unlink on src is called and the system calls can end up being run in the order where unlink(a) and unlink(b) are the last two system calls. Therefore exit with an error code so that we avoid the potential data loss. * src/copy.c (same_file_ok): Don't set unlink_src that was used by mv, and return false for two hardlinks to a file in move_mode. *src/copy.c (copy_internal): No longer honor the unlink_src option, used only by mv. NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. * tests/cp/same-file.sh: Augment to cover the `cp -a hlsl1 sl1` case. * tests/mv/hard-verbose.sh: Remove no longer needed test. * tests/local.mk: Remove the reference to hard-verbose.sh. * tests/mv/hard-4.sh: Adjust so we fail in this case. * tests/mv/i-4.sh: Likewise. * tests/mv/symlink-onto-hardlink-to-self.sh: Likewise.
2014-10-16chroot: call chroot() unconditionally to handle bind mounted "/"Pádraig Brady
* src/chroot.c (is_root): Adjust to compare canonicalized paths rather than inodes, to handle (return false in) the case where we have a tree that is constructed by first bind mounting "/" (thus having the same inode). (main): Unconditionally call chroot() because it's safer and of minimal performance benefit to avoid in this case. This will cause inconsistency with some platforms not allowing `chroot / true` for non root users. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Adjust appropriately. * NEWS: Mention the bug fixes. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/18736
2014-10-15cp: read sparse files more efficiently with non regular destinationPádraig Brady
* src.copy.c (copy_reg): Use fiemap to read sparse files, even if the output is not to a regular file. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-10-15cp: avoid speculative preallocation with --sparse=alwaysPádraig Brady
With --sparse=always use fallocate(...PUNCH_HOLE...) to avoid any permanent allocation due to speculative preallocation employed by file systems such as XFS. * m4/jm-macros.m4: Check for <linux/falloc.h> and fallocate(). * src/copy.c (punch_hole): A new function to try and punch a hole at the specified offset if supported. (create_hole): Call punch_hole() after requesting a hole. (extent_copy): Likewise. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-10-15copy: detect smaller holes than the copy buffer sizePádraig Brady
Previously cp would not detect runs of NULs that were smaller than the buffer size used for I/O (currently 128KiB). * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Use an independent hole_size, set to st_blksize, to increase the chances of detecting a representable hole, in a run of NULs read from the input. (create_hole): A new function refactored from sparse_copy() and extent_copy() so we have a single place to handle holes. (sparse_copy): Adjust to loop over the larger input buffer in chunks of the passed hole size. Also adjust to only call lseek once per hole, rather than at least once per input buffer. * tests/cp/sparse.sh: Add test cases for various sparse chunk sizes. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-10-07wc: don't miscount /sys and similar file systemsPaul Eggert
Fix similar problems in head, od, split, tac, and tail. Reported by George Shuklin in: http://bugs.gnu.org/18621 * NEWS: Document this. * src/head.c (elseek): Move up. (elide_tail_bytes_pipe, elide_tail_lines_pipe): New arg CURRENT_POS. All uses changed. (elide_tail_bytes_file, elide_tail_lines_file): New arg ST and remove arg SIZE. All uses changed. * src/head.c (elide_tail_bytes_file): * src/od.c (skip): Avoid optimization for /sys files, where st_size is bogus and st_size == st_blksize. Don't report error at EOF when not optimizing. * src/head.c, src/od.c, src/tail.c: Include "stat-size.h". * src/split.c (input_file_size): New function. (bytes_split, lines_chunk_split, bytes_chunk_extract): New arg INITIAL_READ. All uses changed. Use it to double-check st_size. * src/tac.c (tac_seekable): New arg FILE_POS. All uses changed. (copy_to_temp): Return size of temp file. All uses changed. * src/tac.c (tac_seekable): * src/tail.c (tail_bytes): * src/wc.c (wc): Don't trust st_size; double-check by reading. * src/wc.c (wc): New arg CURRENT_POS. All uses changed. * tests/local.mk (all_tests): Add tests/misc/wc-proc.sh, tests/misc/od-j.sh, tests/tail-2/tail-c.sh. * tests/misc/head-c.sh: * tests/misc/tac-2-nonseekable.sh: * tests/split/b-chunk.sh: Add tests for problems with /proc and /sys files. * tests/misc/od-j.sh, tests/misc/wc-proc.sh, tests/tail-2/tail-c.sh: New files.
2014-09-30dd: new status=progress level to print stats periodicallyFederico Simoncelli
* src/dd.c: Report the transfer progress every second when the new status=progress level is used. Adjust the handling and description of the status= option so that they're treated as mutually exclusive levels, rather than flags with implicit precedence. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document the new progress status level. Reference the new level in the description of SIGUSR1. * tests/dd/stats.sh: Add new test for status=progress. * tests/dd/misc.sh: Change so status=none only takes precedence if it's the last level specified. * NEWS: Mention the feature.
2014-09-30dd: use more robust SIGUSR1 handlingPádraig Brady
* src/dd.c (ifd_reopen): A new wrapper to ensure we don't exit upon receiving a SIGUSR1 in a blocking open() on a fifo for example. (iftruncate): Likewise for ftruncate(). (iread): Process signals also after a short read. (install_signal_handlers): Install SIGINFO/SIGUSR1 handler even if set to SIG_IGN, as this is what the parent can easily set from a shell script that can send SIGUSR1 without the possiblity of inadvertently killing the dd process. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Improve the example to show robust usage wrt signal races and short reads. * tests/dd/stats.sh: A new test for various signal races. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2014-09-24mv: use reflink=auto mode by defaultDavid Sterba
On some filesystems (BTRFS), moving a file within the filesystem may cross subvolume boundaries and we can use a lightweight reflink copy, similar to what cp(1) can do, which is faster than a full file copy. This is enabled by default because it's only an optimization for the fall back copy and does not break user expectations or usability. * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Set the reflink mode to AUTO. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-09-19cp: fix handling of -H with multiply specified source dirsPádraig Brady
Following on from commit v5.92-729-g130dd06, also avoid the erroneous directory hardlink warning with -H. * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Also handle the -H case for command line arguments. * tests/cp/duplicate-sources.sh: Augment the test case. * NEWS: Augment the news entry.
2014-09-19cp: issue correct warning and ignore duplicate source dirsPádraig Brady
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Handle the case where we have the same destination directory as already encountered, which can only be due to the corresponding source directory being specified multiple times. * tests/cp/duplicate-sources.sh: Add a test for the new multiply specified directory case, and the existing multiply specified file case. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2014-09-19doc: output correct --help references with --program-prefixPádraig Brady
* src/system.h (emit_ancillary_info): Take the invariant PROGRAM_NAME as a parameter, so that consistent references are made to online docs and texinfo nodes, when a --program-prefix is in place. Note the man pages don't need this fix as they're generated before the program prefix is used. * NEWS: Mention the improvements in references to online documentation.
2014-08-01chroot: perform chdir("/") again unless new --skip-chdir is specifiedBernhard Voelker
Since commit v8.22-94-g99960ee, chroot(1) skips the chroot(2) syscall for "/" arguments (and synonyms). The problem is that it also skips the following chdir("/") call in that case. The latter breaks existing scripts which expect "/" to be the working directory inside the chroot. While the first part of the change - i.e., skipping chroot("/") - is okay for consistency with systems where it might succeed for a non-root user, the second part might be malicious, e.g. cd /home/user && chroot '/' bin/foo In the "best" case, chroot(1) could not execute 'bin/foo' with ENOENT, but in the worst case, chroot(1) would execute '/home/user/bin/foo' in the case that exists - instead of '/bin/foo'. Revert that second part of the patch, i.e., perform the chdir("/) in the common case again - unless the new --skip-chdir option is specified. Restrict this new option to the case of "/" arguments. * src/chroot.c (SKIP_CHDIR): Add enum. (long_opts): Add entry for the new --skip-chdir option. (usage): Add --skip-chdir option, and while at it, move the other to options into alphabetical order. (main): Accept the above new option, allowing it only in the case when NEWROOT is the old "/". Move down the chdir() call after the if-clause to ensure it is run in any case - unless --skip-chdir is specified. Add a 'newroot' variable for the new root directory as it is used in a couple of places now. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Invert the last tests which check the working directory of the execvp()ed program when a "/"-like argument was passed: now expect it to be "/" - unless --skip-chdir is given. * doc/coreutils.texi (chroot invocation): Document the new option. Document that chroot(1) usually calls chdir("/") unless the new --skip-chdir option is specified. Sort options. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention the fix. (New features): Mention the new option. * init.cfg (nonroot_has_perm_): Add chroot's new --skip-chdir option. * tests/cp/preserve-gid.sh (t1): Likewise. * tests/cp/special-bits.sh: Likewise. * tests/id/setgid.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/truncate-owned-by-other.sh: Likewise. * tests/mv/sticky-to-xpart.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/fail-2eperm.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/no-give-up.sh: Likewise. * tests/touch/now-owned-by-other.sh: Likewise. Reported by Andreas Schwab in http://bugs.gnu.org/18062
2014-07-18maint: post-release administriviaPádraig Brady
* NEWS: Add header line for next release. * .prev-version: Record previous version. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
2014-07-18version 8.23Pádraig Brady
* NEWS: Record release date.
2014-07-16numfmt: fix isblank() usage for some unibyte localesAssaf Gordon
* src/numfmt.c (simple_strtod_int): Replace isdigit() with c_isdigit() to avoid locale concerns and -Wchar-subscripts warnings on cygwin. Remove the now redundant locale guard. (simple_strtod_human): Cast characters to unsigned so that the promoted int value passed to isblank() is positive, allowing it to work correctly for all characters in unibyte locales. Previously character 0xA0, i.e. non-breaking space, would be misclassified for example. (process_suffixed_number): Likewise. (skip_fields): Likewise. Both issues were triggered by the -Wchar-subscripts warning on GCC 4.8.3 on cygwin, due to the is*() implementations used there, but the issue is present on all platforms defaulting to signed chars. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Reported by Eric Blake
2014-07-13build: update gnulib submodule to latestPádraig Brady
* gnulib: Sync recent cleanups and the fix for missing df entries in the presence of bind mounts: http://bugs.gnu.org/17833 * NEWS: Detail the df bug fix.
2014-07-13sort: avoid undefined operation with destroying locked mutexPádraig Brady
This didn't seem to cause any invalid operation on GNU/Linux at least, but depending on the implementation, mutex deadlocks could occur. For example this might be the cause of lockups seen on Solaris: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2013-03/msg00048.html This was identified with valgrind 3.9.0 with this setup: seq 200000 > file.sort valgrind --tool=drd src/sort file.sort -o file.sort With that, valgrind would _intermittently_ report the following: Destroying locked mutex: mutex 0x5419548, recursion count 1, owner 2. at 0x4C2E3F0: pthread_mutex_destroy(in vgpreload_drd-amd64-linux.so) by 0x409FA2: sortlines (sort.c:3649) by 0x409E26: sortlines (sort.c:3621) by 0x40AA9E: sort (sort.c:3955) by 0x40C5D9: main (sort.c:4739) mutex 0x5419548 was first observed at: at 0x4C2DE82: pthread_mutex_init(in vgpreload_drd-amd64-linux.so) by 0x409266: init_node (sort.c:3276) by 0x4092F4: init_node (sort.c:3286) by 0x4090DD: merge_tree_init (sort.c:3234) by 0x40AA5A: sort (sort.c:3951) by 0x40C5D9: main (sort.c:4739) Thread 2: The object at address 0x5419548 is not a mutex. at 0x4C2F4A4: pthread_mutex_unlock(in vgpreload_drd-amd64-linux.so) by 0x4093CA: unlock_node (sort.c:3323) by 0x409C85: merge_loop (sort.c:3531) by 0x409F8F: sortlines (sort.c:3644) by 0x409CE3: sortlines_thread (sort.c:3574) by 0x4E44F32: start_thread (in /usr/lib64/libpthread-2.18.so) by 0x514EEAC: clone (in /usr/lib64/libc-2.18.so) * src/sort.c (sortlines): Move pthread_mutex_destroy() out to merge_tree_destroy(), so that we don't overlap mutex destruction with threads still operating on the nodes. (sort): Call the destructors only with "lint" defined, as the memory used will be deallocated implicitly at process end. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2014-07-13build: support building all tools in a single binaryAlex Deymo
Add the --enable-single-binary option to the configure file. When enabled, this option builds a single binary file containing the selected tools. Which tool gets executed depends on the value of argv[0] which can be set implicitly through symlinks to the single program. This setup reduces significantly the size of a complete coreutils install, since code from lib/libcoreutils.a is not duplicated in every one of the more than 100 binaries. Runtime overhead is increased due to more dynamic libraries being loaded, and extra initialization being performed for all utils. Also initially a larger binary is loaded from storage, though this is usually alleviated due to caching and lazy mmaping of unused blocks, and in fact the single binary should have better caching characteristics. Comparing the size of the individual versus single binary on x86_64: $ cd src $ size coreutils $ size -t $(../build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh --list-progs | grep -Ev '(coreutils|libstdbuf)') | tail -n1 text data bss dec hex filename 1097416 5388 88432 1191236 122d44 src/coreutils 4901010 124964 163768 5189742 4f306e (TOTALS) Storage requirements are reduced similarly: $ cd src $ du -h coreutils $ du -ch $(../build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh --list-progs | grep -Ev '(coreutils|libstdbuf)') | tail -n1 1.2M coreutils 5.3M total When installing, the makefile will create either symlinks or shebangs based on the --enable-single-binary setting, for each configured tool. In this way, all the tools are still callable individually, but they are all implemented by the same "coreutils" binary installed on the same directory. * .gitignore: Add new generated files. * Makefile.am: New rules to generate build-aux/gen-single-binary.sh and install symlinks. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. * README: Add "coreutils" to the list of utils. * bootstrap.conf: Regenerate src/single-binary.mk * build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: New --list-progs option. * build-aux/gen-single-binary.sh: Regenerate * configure.ac: New --enable-single-binary option and other variables. Disallow --enable-single-binary=symlinks with --program-prefix et. al. * man/coreutils.x: Manpage hook. * man/local.mk: Add manpage hook and fix dependencies. * src/coreutils.c: Multicall implementation. * src/local.mk: New rules for the single binary option. * tests/local.mk: Add $single_binary_progs to support require_built_() from init.cfg * tests/misc/env.sh: Avoid the use of symlink to echo. * tests/misc/help-version.sh: Add exception for coreutils. * tests/install/basic-1.sh: Really avoid using ginstall strip functionality if there is an issue with the independent strip command. * src/kill.c: Changes to call exit() in main. * src/readlink.c: Likewise. * src/shuf.c: Likewise. * src/timeout.c: Likewise. * src/truncate.c: Likewise.
2014-07-02pwd: revert default mode back to -PPádraig Brady
Revert commit v8.22-131-g3e89d5b as even though POSIX states that the default mode should be -L, common practice for stand-alone pwd implementations is to default to -P. * src/pwd.c (usage): Retain mention of the default mode of operation. Suggested by Bob Proulx
2014-06-30pwd: assume -L mode by default, as per POSIXPádraig Brady
* src/pwd.c (main): Adjust default mode to be "logical" and independent of the POSIXLY_CORRECT env var. (usage): Mention the default mode of operation. * doc/coreutils.texi (pwd invocation): Adjust accordingly. * tests/misc/pwd-option.sh: Likewise. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
2014-06-26maint: mention when the du cycle warning bug was introducedPádraig Brady
* NEWS: Mention bug introduced in v8.1 (with commit v8.0-88-g8ba5d1a).
2014-06-26id: output the effective group for the processPetr Stodůlka
* src/id.c (print_full_info): When no user is specified, output the effective group for the _process_, rather than the default group from the system database, which may be different. * tests/id/setgid.sh: Add a case for `id` as well as `id -G`. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/7320 Reported at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/1016163
2014-06-25df: report correct device in presence of eclipsed mountsPádraig Brady
* src/df.c (last_device_for_mount): A new function to identify the last device mounted for a mount point. (get_disk): Use the above to discard mount entries for a device, where a later mount entry uses a different device name than that of the user specified device. * tests/df/over-mount-device.sh: A new root test. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Reword for all these related recent fixes. Discussed at: http://bugs.gnu.org/16539#69
2014-06-24df: output placeholder values for inaccessible mount pointsPádraig Brady
A system provided mount entry may be unavailable due to TOCTOU race, or if another device has been over-mounted at that position, or due to access permissions. In all these cases output "-" placeholder values rather than either producing an error, or in the over-mount case outputting values for the wrong device. * src/df.c (device_list): A new global list now updated by filter_mount_list(). (filter_mount_list): Adjust to take a parameter as to whether update the global mount list, or only the mount <-> device ID mapping. (get_dev): Use the device ID mapping to ensure we're not outputting stats for the wrong device. Also output placeholder values when we can't access a system specified mount point. (get_all_entries): Set the DEVICE_ONLY param for filter_mount_list(). (devname_for_dev): A new function to search the mount <-> dev mapping. * test/df/skip-duplicates.sh: Adjust accordingly. * NEWS: Mention the bug fixes. Discussed at: http://bugs.gnu.org/16539
2014-06-24du: ignore directory cycles due to bind mountsPádraig Brady
* src/du.c (process_file): Treat cycles due to bind mounts like cycles due to following symlinks. * tests/du/bind-mount-dir-cycle.sh: Adjust accordingly. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. Reported at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/836557
2014-06-18seq: fix incorrect output with start or end of -0Pádraig Brady
* src/seq.c (main): Avoid seq_fast() with a start or end of -0. * tests/misc/seq.pl: Add test cases. * NEWS: Mention the fix. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/17800
2014-06-13tail: fix --follow to use polling mode for VXFSPádraig Brady
Veritas File System can run in single instance or clustered mode, so mark as remote to avoid using inotify for the latter case. * src/stat.c (human_fstype): Tag VXFS as remote, to use polling for the clustered variant (VXCFS). * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Reported by Ondřej Vašík in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/1104244 Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/17770
2014-06-11install: allow options -D and -t to be used togetherBernhard Voelker
* src/install.c (install_file_in_file_parents): Factor out the creation of any parent directories into ... (mkancesdirs_safe_wd): ... this new function. (install_file_in_dir): Add the parameter 'mkdir_and_install', and call the above new function if it evaluates to true. (main): During parsing of the -t option, move the check whether the target_directory exists down after the option parsing loop, and do not complain about stat(optarg,...) failing if -D was given. Pass 'mkdir_and_install' to install_file_in_dir(). * doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Remove the (false) restriction that -D would be ignored together with -t. Instead, clarify install's new bahavior. Fix the node's reference in the top-level @direntry for consistency. * src/install/basic-1.sh: Add tests for the now-allowed combination of the -D and -t options. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-06-01cut: restore special case handling of -f with -d$'\n'Pádraig Brady
commits v8.20-98-g51ce0bf and v8.20-99-gd302aed changed cut(1) to process each line independently and thus promptly output each line without buffering. As part of those changes we removed the special handling of --delimiter=$'\n' --fields=... which could be used to select arbitrary (ranges of) lines, so as to simplify and optimize the implementation while also matching the behavior of different cut(1) implementations. However that GNU behavior was in place for a long time, and could be useful in certain cases like making a separated list like `seq 10 | cut -f1- -d$'\n' --output-delimiter=,` although other tools like head(1) and paste(1) are more suited to this operation. This patch reinstates that functionality but restricts the "line behind" buffering behavior to only the -d$'\n' case. We also fix the following related edge case to be more consistent: before> printf "\n" | cut -s -d$'\n' -f1- | wc -l 2 before> printf "\n" | cut -d$'\n' -f1- | wc -l 1 after > printf "\n" | cut -s -d$'\n' -f1- | wc -l 1 after > printf "\n" | cut -d$'\n' -f1- | wc -l 1 * src/cut.c (cut_fields): Adjust as discussed above. * tests/misc/cut.pl: Likewise. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior both for v8.21 and this effective revert. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Adjust for originally omitted v8.21 entry. * src/paste.c: s/delimeter/delimiter/ comment typo fix.
2014-05-29df: use the last device name provided by the systemPádraig Brady
The device name reported for a particular mount entry may no longer be valid if the mount point was subsequently mounted on a different device. Therefore honor the order of the mount list returned by the system and use the last reported device name. * src/df.c (filter_mount_list): When discarding the current mount entry, ensure that a new device name is not also discarded. * tests/df/skip-duplicates.sh: Add a test case. Also fix a false failure in the edge case of a system with only a single file system. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2014-05-23stat,tail: improve support for LogFS and ConfigFSPádraig Brady
* src/stat.c (human_fstype): Add new file system ID definitions. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-05-21chroot: with --userspec clear root's supplemental groupsPádraig Brady
It's dangerous and confusing to leave root's supplemental groups in place when specifying other users with --userspec. In the edge case that that is desired one can explicitly specify --groups. Also we implicitly set the system defined supplemental groups for a user. The existing mechanism where supplemental groups needed to be explicitly specified is confusing and not general when the lookup needs to be done within the chroot. Also we extend the --groups syntax slightly to allow clearing the set of supplementary groups using --groups=''. * src/chroot.c (setgroups): On systems without supplemental groups, clearing then is a noop and so should return success. (main): Lookup the primary GID with getpwuid() when just a numeric uid is specified, and also infer the USERNAME from this call, needed when we're later looking up the supplemental groups for a user. Support clearing supplemental groups, either implicitly for unknown users, or explicitly when --groups='' is specified. * tests/misc/chroot-credentials.sh: Various new test cases * doc/coreutils.texi (chroot invocation): Adjust for the new behavior. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
2014-05-16chroot: don't chdir() if not changing rootPádraig Brady
This allows chroot to be used as a light weight tool to change user identification for a command, while not changing the current working directory. It also makes `chroot / true` consistently succeed on all platforms for non root users. * src/chroot.c (main): If the same root is specified. i.e. '/' then don't change the current working directory, and avoid the overhead of the other redundant calls. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Remove failure guard previously needed on some systems. Also add an explicit case to ensure we don't change directory. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
2014-05-13df: also deduplicate virtual file systemsPádraig Brady
* src/df.c (filter_mountlist): Remove the constraint that a '/' needs to be in the device name for a mount entry to be considered for deduplication. Virtual file systems also have storage associated with them (like tmpfs for example), and thus need to be deduplicated since they will be shown in the default df output and subject to --total processing also. * test/df/skip-duplicates.sh: Add a test to ensure we deduplicate all entries, even for virtual file systems. Also avoid possible length operations on many remote file systems in the initial check of df operation. Also avoid the assumption that "/root" is on the same file system as "/". * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
2014-05-06dd: fix conv=ascii, conv=ebcdic, conv=ibm to match POSIXPaul Eggert
Problem reported by Don Baggett in <http:/bugs.gnu.org/17422>. * NEWS: * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document this. * src/dd.c (conversions): conv=ascii implies conv=unblock. conv=ebcdic and conv=ibm imply conv=block. (ascii_to_ebcdic, ebcdic_to_ascii): Correct to match POSIX 1003.1-2013. * tests/dd/ascii.sh: New file. * tests/local.mk (all_tests): Add it.
2014-05-06mv,cp: preserve symlink xattrs when copying across file systemsPádraig Brady
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Include the copy_attr() call for symlinks. This should not dereference symlinks, since llistxattr() is used in attr_copy_file() in libattr, and so should copy all but the filtered extended attributes. Note we don't just move the copy_attr() call before the set_owner() call, as that would break capabilities for non symlinks. * tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr.sh: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/16131
2014-05-02numfmt: improve processing throughput by 800%Pádraig Brady
The devmsg() calls that took quote_n() arguments, didn't normally output anything, but still incurred the overhead of those quote_n() calls. * src/numfmt.c (devmsg): Move the inline function with _internal_ enablement check to... * src/system.h: ...here as a variadic macro, with the enablement check at the outer level. * src/factor.c: As per numfmt.c but there is no performance change in this case. * NEWS: Mention the significant performance improvement.
2014-05-02numfmt: support zero padding using --format="%010f"Pádraig Brady
* src/numfmt.c (setup_padding_buffer): Simplify the code by not explicitly dealing with heap exhaustion. (parse_format_string): Likewise. Handle multiple grouping modifiers as does the standard printf. Handle the new leading zero --format modifier. (double_to_human): Use more defensive coding against overwriting stack buffers. Honor the leading zeros width. (usage): Mention the leading zero --format modifier. (main): Allow --padding in combo with a --format (width), as the number of leading zeros are useful independent of the main field width. * doc/coreutils.texi (numfmt invocation): Likewise. * tests/misc/numfmt.pl: Add new test cases. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-04-29ptx: fix whitespace trimming with multiple filesPádraig Brady
This issue was identified by running the test suite with http://code.google.com/p/address-sanitizer/ which is included in GCC 4.8 and enabled with -fsanitize=address This was checked on Fedora 20 with GCC 4.8 as follows: $ yum install libasan # http://bugzilla.redhat.com/991003 $ rm -f src/ptx.o $ make check AM_CFLAGS='-fsanitize=address' SUBDIRS=. VERBOSE=yes $ failure identified in tests/test-suite.log To see this particular failure triggered with multiple files: $ src/ptx <(echo a) <(echo a) 2>&1 | asan_symbolize.py -d ================================================================= ==32178==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x60200000e74f at pc 0x435442 bp 0x7fffe8a1b290 sp 0x7fffe8a1b288 READ of size 1 at 0x60200000e74f thread T0 #0 0x435441 in define_all_fields coreutils/src/ptx.c:1425 #1 0x7fa206d31d64 in __libc_start_main ??:? #2 0x42f77c in _start ??:? 0x60200000e74f is located 1 bytes to the left of 3-byte region [0x60200000e750,0x60200000e753) allocated by thread T0 here: #0 0x421809 in realloc ??:? #1 0x439b4e in fread_file coreutils/lib/read-file.c:97 Shadow bytes around the buggy address: 0x0c047fff9c90: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff9ca0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff9cb0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff9cc0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c047fff9cd0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fd fd =>0x0c047fff9ce0: fa fa 03 fa fa fa fd fd fa[fa]03 fa fa fa 00 00 0x0c047fff9cf0: fa fa 04 fa fa fa 04 fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa 0x0c047fff9d00: fa fa 00 fa fa fa fd fa fa fa 00 fa fa fa 00 fa 0x0c047fff9d10: fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa 0x0c047fff9d20: fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa 0x0c047fff9d30: fa fa fd fa fa fa 00 fa fa fa 00 fa fa fa 00 fa Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes): Addressable: 00 Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Heap left redzone: fa Heap right redzone: fb Freed heap region: fd Stack left redzone: f1 Stack mid redzone: f2 Stack right redzone: f3 Stack partial redzone: f4 Stack after return: f5 Stack use after scope: f8 Global redzone: f9 Global init order: f6 Poisoned by user: f7 ASan internal: fe ==32178==ABORTING The initial report and high level analysis were from Jim Meyering... "The underlying problem is that swallow_file_in_memory() is setting the contents of the global text_buffer for the first file, then updating it (clobbering old value) for the second file. Yet, some pointers to the initial buffer have been squirreled away and later, one of them (keyafter) is presumed to point into the new "text_buffer", which it does not. The subsequent SKIP_WHITE_BACKWARDS use backs up "cursor" and goes out of bounds." * src/ptx.c (text_buffers): Maintain references for the limits of each buffer corresponding to each file, rather than just the last processed. (struct OCCURS): Add a member to map back to the corresponding file. Note normally this could be computed from the "reference" member rather than needing the extra storage, however this is not possible when in --references mode. (find_occurs_in_text): Reference the array rather than a single entry. (define_all_fields): Likewise. Also avoid computing the file index since this is now stored directly. (main): Update text_buffers[] array rather than a single text_buffer. * tests/misc/ptx-overrun.sh: Even though this issue is already triggered with AddressSanitizer, add a new case to demonstrate the whitespace trimming issue, and to trigger without AddressSanitizer. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/16171
2014-04-17ls: don't output colors with unknown TERM env variableGuilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
--colors controls whether to output colors depending on whether we're connected to a terminal or not, while this change gives control over which terminals we output colors to. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. * src/ls.c (known_term_type): A new function to search the static list from dircolors.h (parse_ls_colors): Honor the TERM when both LS_COLORS and COLORTERM are non empty. * tests/ls/color-term.sh: A new test. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/15992
2014-04-09maint: document timeout --preserve-status in v8.21 NEWSPádraig Brady
* NEWS: Add the omitted new feature. * cfk.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Adjust accordingly.
2014-04-09doc: clarify in --help that -Z doesn't take an argumentPádraig Brady
* NEWS: Fix a confusing old entry. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Adjust accordingly. * src/cp.c (usage): Separate the -Z and --context descriptions. * src/install.c: Likewise. * src/mkdir.c: Likewise. * src/mkfifo.c: Likewise. * src/mknod.c: Likewise. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/17220
2014-04-05shred: overwrite inode storage used by some file systemsPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Mention some reasons why clearing slack space might be useful. * src/shred.c (do_wipefd): Add initial writes for each pass for small regular files in case the storage for those is in the inode, and thus a larger write up to a block size would bypass that. Move the direct I/O control to... (dopass): ... here so we can avoid enabling it for these small initial writes. It's better to retry direct I/O for each pass anyway to handle the case where direct I/O is disabled for only the last portion of a file when the size is not a multiple of the block size. Note we don't avoid the sync for the initial write as it will be small but more importantly could be on a different part of the disk and so worth doing independently to ensure the write is not discarded. * tests/misc/shred-exact.sh: Check some more direct I/O cases. * NEWS: Mention the improvements. The inode storage issue was mentioned by Paul Eggert.