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2010-01-01maint: update all FSF copyright year lists to include 2010Jim Meyering
Use this command: git ls-files | grep -v COPYING \ | xargs env UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=1 \ build-aux/update-copyright
2009-10-30tests: factor 350 fail=0 initializations into test-lib.shJim Meyering
Run this command to remove the factored-out "fail=0" lines. perl -ni -e '/^fail=0$/ or print' $(g grep -l '^fail=0$') * tests/test-lib.sh: Initialize fail=0 here, not in 300+ scripts. * tests/...: nearly all bourne shell scripts Suggested by Eric Blake.
2009-09-14cp,mv: preserve extended attributes even for read-only filesOndřej Vašík
* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Temporarily set u+rw on the destination file to allow GNU/Linux to set xattrs. * tests/misc/xattr: Test that change. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. Reported by Ernest N. Mamikonyan.
2009-08-30tests: don't misbehave if $TMPDIR contains spacesPádraig Brady
* tests/misc/xattr: Add quotes. * tests/mv/acl: Likewise. * tests/mv/backup-is-src: Likewise. * tests/mv/hard-link-1: Likewise. * tests/mv/leak-fd: Likewise. * tests/mv/mv-special-1: Likewise. * tests/mv/part-fail: Likewise. * tests/mv/part-hardlink: Likewise. * tests/mv/part-rename: Likewise. * tests/mv/part-symlink: Likewise. * tests/mv/partition-perm: Likewise. * tests/mv/sticky-to-xpart: Likewise.
2009-03-11cp: make -a option preserve xattrs, but with reduced diagnosticsOndřej Vašík
* copy.c (copy_attr_by_fd): Reduce xattr diagnostics for 'cp -a'. (copy_attr_by_name): Likewise. * cp.c (main): Preserve xattrs with -a option, when possible. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document that xattrs are preserved with cp -a, with no added diagnostics. * NEWS: Mention the change. * tests/misc/xattr: Add tests for 'cp --preserve=all' and 'cp -a'.
2009-01-29cp/mv: add xattr supportKamil Dudka
This patch was originally written by Andreas Grünbacher, nowadays available at http://www.suse.de/~agruen/coreutils/5.91/coreutils-xattr.diff * bootstrap.conf: Add gnulib module verror. * po/POTFILES.in: Add lib/verror.c. * m4/xattr.m4: Check for libattr availability, new configure option --disable-xattr. * m4/prereq.m4: Require gl_FUNC_XATTR. * src/Makefile.am: Link cp, mv and ginstall with libattr. * src/copy.h: Add preserve_xattr and require_preserve_xattr to cp_options. * src/copy.c (copy_attr_error): New function to handle errors during xattr copying. (copy_attr_quote): New function to quote file name in error messages printed by libattr. (copy_attr_free): Empty function requested by libattr to free quoted string. (copy_attr_by_fd): New fd-oriented function to copy xattr. (copy_attr_by_name): New name-oriented function to copy xattr. (copy_reg, copy_internal): Call copy_extended_attributes function. * src/cp.c (usage): Mention new --preserve=xattr option. (decode_preserve_arg): Handle new --preserve=xattr option. * src/mv.c: Always attempt to preserve xattr. * src/install.c: Never attempt to preserve xattr. * tests/misc/xattr: New test for xattr support in cp, mv and install. * tests/Makefile.am: Add the new test to list. * doc/coreutils.texi: Mention xattr support, new --preserve=xattr option. * NEWS: Mention the change.