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2012-01-01maint: update all copyright year number rangesJim Meyering
Run "make update-copyright".
2011-08-08tests: complete the renaming framework_failure -> framework_failure_Stefano Lattarini
These changes were mostly mechanical, made by running the following command: git grep -lw framework_failure | grep -v ChangeLog \ | xargs perl -pi -e 's/\b(framework_failure)\b/${1}_/' and then editing init.cfg and `tests/cp/cp-a-selinux' by hand. * tests/init.cfg (framework_failure): Remove, `framework_failure_' from init.sh should be used instead in the tests. Remove now-obsolete "FIXME" comment. (is_local_dir_, require_strace_, require_membership_in_two_groups_, require_sparse_support_, skip_if_mcstransd_is_running_, mkfifo_or_skip_) Use `framework_failure_', not `framework_failure'. * Many test scripts: Likewise.
2011-06-13tests: avoid a false failure on HPUX systemsPádraig Brady
* tests/dd/nocache: Relax the test, as the system may return various errors from posix_fadvise(). HPUX 11.31 returns ENOTTY for example. Reported by Bruno Haible
2011-03-05maint: fix dd nocache test to be independent of current stdinPádraig Brady
* tests/dd/nocache: Don't assume stdin is a pipe
2011-03-05dd: add a flag to discard cached dataPádraig Brady
* src/dd.c (FFS_MASK): A new macro (Find First Set) refactored from the following enum as it's now used twice. (usage): Mention the new 'nocache' flag. (cache_round): A new function to help ignore requests to drop cache, that are less than page_size. (invalidate_cache): A new function to call posix_fadvise() with the appropriate offset and length. Note we don't use fdadvise() so we can detect errors when count=0. (dd_copy): Call invalidate_cache() for the portions read. (iwrite): Likewise for the portions written. (main): Call invalidate_cache for page_size slop or for full file when count=0. * cfg.mk (sc_dd_O_FLAGS): Adjust to pass. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Describe the 'nocache' flag, and give some examples of how it can be used. * tests/dd/nocache: A new test. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.