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* src/tail.c (usage): Reword tail -F description, so that it no
longer mentions details specific to the non-inotify implementation.
Also, join diagnostic strings (while staying under the 509-byte limit)
to ease formatting of translations. The latter was prompted by
a report from Stéphane Raimbault.
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Update description here, too.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Reference the additional
info about filevercmp rather than the unused strverscmp.
(Details about version sort): Add some examples that are not
handled well by fileversmp.
* src/ls.c: Change a comment referencing the now unused strverscmp.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (mktemp invocation): Quote shell variable.
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* AUTHORS: Add my name.
* NEWS: Mention it.
* README: Likewise.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add nproc.
* doc/coreutils.texi (nproc invocation): Add nproc info.
* man/Makefile.am (nproc.1): Add dependency.
* man/nproc.x: New template.
* man/.gitignore: Ignore generated man page.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add src/nproc.c.
* src/.gitignore: Exclude nproc.
* src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add nproc.
* src/nproc.c: New file.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/nproc-{avail,positive}.
* tests/misc/nproc-avail: New file.
* tests/misc/nproc-positive: New file.
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Now that mkstemps is supported, we might as well use it.
* src/mktemp.c (TMPDIR_OPTION): New enum value.
(longopts): Add new option.
(usage): Document it.
(count_trailing_X_s): Rename...
(count_consecutive_X_s): ...to this, and add parameter.
(mkstemp_len, mkdtemp_len): Add parameter.
(main): Implement new option.
(AUTHORS): Add myself.
* AUTHORS (mktemp): Likewise.
* tests/misc/mktemp: Test new option.
* doc/coreutils.texi (mktemp invocation): Document it.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Fixes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548316.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (mktemp invocation): New node.
* TODO: Delete completed task.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): s/builtin/built-in/
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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.
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* src/env.c: Convert introductory comments...
* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): ...into documentation.
Suggested by Jim Meyering.
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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.
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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 =.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): Mention that PATH is
modified prior to exec.
* tests/misc/env: Test this.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* src/ls.c (print_dir): Diagnosing the cycle is not enough.
Also set exit status to 2. This is what Solaris' /bin/ls does, too.
* tests/ls/infloop: Rework test: match both expected stdout and stderr.
Require an exit status of 2 in this case.
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Mention that a loop provokes
in an exit status of 2.
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
Reported by Yang Ren in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/525402.
* THANKS: Correct ordering of Yang Ren's names.
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* src/ln.c (STAT_LIKE_LINK): Delete.
(logical): New flag.
(long_options): Add -L, -P.
(usage): Mention them.
(main): Choose between them.
(do_link): Perform correct action.
* tests/ln/misc: Move hard-to-sym portion of test...
* tests/ln/hard-to-sym: ...into new test, and add more.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run new test.
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/coreutils.texi (link invocation, ln invocation): Likewise.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add linkat.
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* bootstrap.conf (obsolete_gnulib_modules): Move rename...
(gnulib_modules): ...here. Add symlink.
* NEWS: Document the change in readlink.
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Likewise.
* tests/readlink/can-f: Update test to new semantics, and add test
of loop.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (Exit status): Add stdbuf to the list
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* doc/coreutils.texi: Add the missing arch, base64, link, readlink,
and unlink entries. Also remove extraneous '.' from some entries
and try to align all entries on the same column.
* THANKS: Add Benno Schulenberg.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (touch invocation): Document that SS may be 60.
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* src/id.c (print_full_info) [POSIXLY_CORRECT]: Don't print context.
Reported by Ulrich Drepper.
* NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (id invocation): Document that id also prints the
security context, when possible, and when POSIXLY_CORRECT is not set.
* tests/id/no-context: New file. Test for this.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (multiplierSuffixes): Mention that
the suffix can be specified without a leading number
* src/split.c (usage): Refactor SIZE help to within a function
* src/truncate.c (usage): Likewise
* src/ls.c (usage): Likewise
* src/df.c (usage): Likewise. Also add a function with BLOCKSIZE help
* src/du.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/system.h: Define 2 functions to emit common help text
This was prompted by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511188
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* src/dd.c (dd_copy) [C_UNBLOCK]: Always print the final newline for
non-empty output, not just when output size is a multiple of cbs.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation) [conv=unblock]: Mention that dd
prints a newline after each output record, not just when replacing
trailing spaces.
Reported by Ulrich Drepper.
* tests/dd/unblock: New file. Test for this.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
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* src/tail.c (main): Adapt piped-stdin test to use the same isapipe,
test as was used in the preceding POSIXLY_CORRECT condition.
Remove the now-subsumed POSIXLY_CORRECT test.
Reported by Pádraig Brady.
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Document this change.
* NEWS (Changes in behavior): Reclassify, clarify.
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* doc/coreutils.texi: Move the documentation for install --compare (-C)
from the section on fmt to that for install.
Reported by Florian Schlichting.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Now, we *do* preserve time
stamps on symlinks, when possible.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document the new
"auto" and "always" options to --reflink.
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Fall back to a standard copy
when reflink() is not supported and --reflink=auto specified.
* src/copy.h [struct cp_options] (reflink): Change type s/bool/enum/.
* src/cp.c (usage): Describe the --reflink={always,auto} options
and expand a little on what --reflink does.
(main): parse the new parameters to --reflink and allow all
--sparse options with --reflink=auto.
* src/install.c (cp_option_init): Init the enum instead of bool.
* src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise.
* tests/cp/reflink-auto: A new test for falling back to normal copy.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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* NEWS: Mention the change.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new --line-increment option.
* src/nl.c (struct option): Add --line-increment,
(usage): Describe it,
(main): Use it.
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* NEWS: Mention it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe it.
* src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [reflink]: New member.
* src/copy.c (usage): Describe it.
(copy_reg): If reflink is true try to clone the file.
(main): Check for --reflink.
(cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/install.c (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise.
* tests/cp/sparse: Add a new test case.
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dd oflag=direct would fail to copy a file with size that is
not a multiple of 512 (destination file system specific)
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
* src/dd.c (iwrite): Turn off O_DIRECT for any
smaller-than-obs-sized write. Don't bother to restore it.
* tests/dd/direct: New test for the above.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add dd/direct.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention oflag=direct
buffer size restriction.
Details in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/17586
Reported by Eric Sandeen.
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* doc/coreutils.texi: Move the "SELinux context" section
down below the "System context" nodes so that the HTML
index is generated correctly. Also some extraneous and missing
'.' characters were corrected in the index.
Reported by Benno Schulenberg.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add an example showing how
to sort data not directly supported by the sort command.
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* 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.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Update menus.
Add @cindex entries.
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* 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.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Insert missing "to".
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* src/head.c (usage): Use -n K, not -n N, to avoid confusion.
* src/tail.c (usage): Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (head invocation, tail invocation):
Likewise.
Reported by Christophe Lyon.
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* NEWS: Document the new option
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): ditto
* src/sort.c (main): handle the new --human-numeric-sort option (-h).
(human_numcompare): A new function to compare SI and IEC suffixes
before falling back to the standard --numeric comparison.
(find_unit_order): A new helper function to find the order
of magnitude of a number string as determined by its suffix.
(check_mixed_SI_IEC): A new helper function to exit with error
if both SI and IEC suffixes are presented.
* tests/misc/sort: Add 8 tests to test the new functionality.
* THANKS: Update
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* NEWS: Note chroot's new options.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document them.
* src/chroot.c (main): Add support for --userspec and --groups.
* tests/Makefile.am (root-tests): Add chroot/credentials.
* tests/chroot/credentials: New file.
* tests/test-lib.sh: Define NON_ROOT_GROUP to a default value.
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* src/comm.c (usage): give more information on the -123 parameters,
with examples to show that they can be combined.
Addresses <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24974>.
* doc/coreutils.texi (comm invocation): Mention that the
column separators are suppressed along with the column.
Suggestion from Dan Jacobson.
* man/comm.x: Reference other commands that match adjacent lines.
* man/join.x: ditto.
* man/uniq.x: ditto.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (uniq invocation): Simplify the
text to remove the inconsequential mentioning of order,
while implying that LC_COLLATE can alter equality comparisons.
* src/comm.c (usage): Mention LC_COLLATE is significant.
* src/join.c (usage): Ditto.
* src/uniq.c (usage): Ditto. Also improve the summary.
Suggestion from Andries Brouwer
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* doc/coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Fix typo.
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Suggestion from Steven Schveighoffer at:
http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6797
to greatly speed up the random passes done by shred.
* gl/lib/randread.c: Default to using the internal
pseudorandom generator, rather than reading /dev/urandom
* src/shred.c (usage): remove mention of /dev/urandom
* src/shuf.c (usage); ditto
* src/sort.c (usage): ditto
* doc/coreutils.text: Document the new behaviour
for aquiring random data.
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* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option
(install invocation): Describe the --preserve-context and -Z options
(id invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option
(mkdir invocation): ditto
(mknod invocation): ditto
(mkfifo invocation): ditto
* TODO: remove the todo item
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* src/pwd.c (longopts): New variable.
(logical_getcwd): New function.
(main): Use it.
(usage): Document new options.
* doc/coreutils.texi (pwd invocation): Likewise.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* TODO (pwd): Mark it done.
* tests/misc/pwd-option: New file.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add test.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Paul D. Smith, in savannah bug 24949.
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* doc/coreutils.texi: Reflect current filevercmp regex.
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