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2002-10-17  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Version 4.5.4.

	Fix a problem that could make cat misbehave on systems which
	give invalid (unreasonably large) values for stat.st_blksize.
	* src/system.h (ST_BLKSIZE): Ensure that the result is in [1..4MB].
	Reported by Petter Reinholdtsen.

2002-10-14  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	Specifying a printf conversion specifer as nl's separator string
	could cause nl to segfault.
	* src/nl.c (build_print_fmt): Don't include separator string
	in the printf format; it might contain `%'.
	Use a better bound on the length of the print_fmt buffer.
	(print_lineno): Print the separator here instead.
	Reported by Doug Coleman.

	* tests/misc/nl: New file/tests, including a test for the above.
	* tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add nl.

	* tests/misc/split-l: New test, to make sure `split --lines=N' works.
	* tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add split-l.

2002-10-13  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Version 4.5.3.

	* src/du.c (usage): Tweak description of --dereference-args/-D.

	* src/du.c (count_entry): Also save cwd when dereferencing (via
	--dereference-args, -D) a command-line argument.
	Reported by Michal Svec.  Based on a patch by Andreas Schwab.

	* src/Makefile.am (../AUTHORS): New target/rule.

2002-10-12  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/paste.c (paste_parallel): Declare local, `delims_saved', to be
	of type size_t, since that's the way it's used and avoids a warning.

	* src/csplit.c (struct cstring) [len]: Declare to be unsigned int,
	since that's how it's always used and avoids a new warning from gcc.
	(read_input): Adapt to new safe_read ABI.

	* src/cut.c (cut_fields): Add a temporary size_t variable, n_bytes,
	to avoid warnings.

	* src/pinky.c (print_long_entry): fread returns size_t.
	Declare local `bytes' accordingly, to avoid warning.

	tail -c +N would perform an extra read after encountering EOF
	[this change is analogous (bytes vs. lines) to the one of 2002-01-27]
	* src/tail.c (start_bytes): Detect EOF, inform caller.
	(tail_bytes): Upon EOF in start_bytes, return immediately.
	(file_lines): Reorganize to use memrchr rather than an explicit loop.
	Adapt to new safe_read ABI.

2002-10-11  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* tests/du/deref: New file/test, for the above fix.
	* tests/du/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add deref.

2002-10-10  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* tests/ln/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add target-1.
	* tests/ln/target-1: New file/test, for the fix on 2002-10-08.

2002-10-09  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* tests/cp/backup-is-src: Ensure that certain environment variables
	are not set (e.g., SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX).  Reported by Duncan Roe.

	* tests/tail-2/big-4gb: Mark this as an expensive test; it would
	consume 4GB of disk space on systems without support for sparse files.
	Fix a logic error that'd make it `cat err' even though dd didn't fail.

	* src/dircolors.hin (.jar): Fix typo: s/;3$/;31/.
	Patch by steven@magelico.net, forwarded by Michael Stone.

	* tests/ls/dired: Ensure that ls produces English messages.
	Patch by Alexey Vyskubov, forwarded by Michael Stone.

2002-10-08  Dmitry V. Levin  <ldv@altlinux.org>

 	* src/ln.c (main): Fix target_directory parsing when n_files == 1.

2002-10-08  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* tests/tail-2/big-4gb: Use double quotes around diagnostic.
	Fix syntax in test: use =, not ==.
	Reported by Bob Proulx.
	Change all the rest like this: grep -lR "testing framework'" .\
	|xargs perl -pi -e 's/'\''(\$0: failure in testing framework)'\''/"$1"/'

	* src/sum.c (sysv_sum_file): Adapt to new safe_read ABI.
	* src/tr.c (squeeze_filter, read_and_delete, read_and_xlate): Likewise.
	* src/tac.c (save_stdin, tac_stdin_to_mem): Likewise.
	* src/wc.c (wc): Likewise.

2002-10-07  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* src/cat.c (cat):
	Don't advance the write pointer past the end of the write buffer.
	* src/sort.c (begfield, limfield): Likewise.

2002-10-07  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/cat.c (simple_cat, cat): Adapt to new safe_read ABI.
	* src/head.c (head_bytes, head_lines): Likewise.

2002-10-06  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/dd.c (scanargs): Ensure that specified block sizes (specified
	via ibs=N, obs=N, and bs=N) are no larger than SSIZE_MAX.
	(skip, dd_copy): Adapt to new safe_read ABI.

	* Makefile.maint (signatures): Define.
	(%.sig): New rule.
	(announcement): Depend on $(signatures).

	* Makefile.maint (announcement): Output all URLs for detached
	signatures, not just the last one from the previous loop.

2002-10-05  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Version 4.5.2.

	* src/remove.c (remove_entry) [ROOT_CAN_UNLINK_DIRS]: With `rm -i DIR',
	don't recurse into directory, DIR.  Prompted by a report from
	Leonardo Milano.

	* tests/rm/i-no-r: New file/test, for the above fix.
	* tests/rm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add i-no-r.

	* tests/tail-2/big-4gb: New file/test, for the fix of 2002-09-27.
	* tests/tail-2/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add big-4gb.

2002-10-03  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/rm.c (AUTHORS): Mark translatable string with `N_ (...)'.
	* src/df.c (AUTHORS): Likewise.
	* src/du.c (AUTHORS): Likewise.
	* src/tail.c (AUTHORS): Likewise.
	* src/touch.c (AUTHORS): Likewise.

2002-10-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Remove `old'.
	(EXTRA_DIST): List the files in old/.
	* configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_FILES): Remove old/* names.
	Suggestion from Akim Demaille.

2002-10-01  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/sys2.h (SSIZE_MAX): Define.

2002-09-30  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/csplit.c: Don't include stdlib.h here.  It's already included
	via system.h.

2002-09-29  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/tr.c (find_bracketed_repeat): Rearrange pointer/integer
	expression to avoid bogus warning from gcc.

	* src/cat.c (simple_cat): Use a temporary to avoid bogus warnings.
	(cat): Declare insize and outsize to be of type size_t, not int.
	Rearrange pointer/integer expressions to avoid bogus warnings.
	(main): Declare insize and outsize to be of type size_t, not int.

	* src/tail.c (parse_options): Give a sensible diagnostic for
	an invalid byte or line count.  Reported by Mikko Tuumanen.

	* src/touch.c (main): Split a long line.

	* tests/du/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add slink.
	* tests/du/slink: New test for system.h change of 2002-08-31.

	In move mode, always first try to rename.  Before, upon failure to
	rename a directory, this code would never attempt to rename any
	other file in that directory, but would thenceforth always copy.
	On some systems (e.g., NetApp's OnTap-6.4), renaming a directory
	may fail with EXDEV, yet renaming files within that directory to
	a newly-created destination directory succeeds.
	* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Remove local, move_mode;
	use x->move_mode instead.  Based on a patch from Tom Haynes.

2002-09-28  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/split.c (FAIL_ONLY_ONE_WAY): New macro.
	Factor out some duplication.
	(main): Use it.
	[case 'a']: Use strtoul rather than strtol to avoid compiler warnings.

	* src/sort.c (begfield, limfield): Rearrange comparisons to avoid
	compiler warnings.
	(fillbuf, keycompare): Cast literal `-1' to size_t in comparisons,
	to avoid compiler warnings.

	* src/shred.c (dopass): Use a uintmax_t temporary to avoid bogus
	compiler warnings.

	Fix things so `mkdir -p' can create very deep directories, e.g.,
	mkdir -p $(perl -e 'print "a/" x 40000') now works.
	* src/mkdir.c (main): For --parents (-p), call make_path with the
	entire directory name, so we don't ever require that file operations
	like stat or chmod be performed on the entire command line argument.
	* makepath.c (make_path): Restore umask *before* creating the final
	component.

2002-09-27  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	* src/tail.c (tail_bytes): Change type of bytes_remaining to off_t
	to avoid overflow.  Reported by Hans Lermen.

2002-09-26  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/install.c (get_ids): Use strtoul, not strtol.  Remove some casts.

2002-09-25  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/test.c (eaccess): Change type of local `euid' from int to uid_t
	and add a cast, to avoid a warning about `signed and unsigned type in
	conditional expression'.

2002-09-22  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/rmdir.c: Include "dirname.h", for declaration of
	strip_trailing_slashes.

	* src/stat.c (PRIdMAX, PRIuMAX): Remove definitions.
	Now they're defined through system.h.

	* src/cp-hash.c, src/dd.c, src/df.c, src/du.c, src/ls.c,
	* src/stat.c, src/wc.c: Remove all inclusions of inttypes.h,
	since it's already included from sys2.h via system.h.

	* Use automake-1.6f.  Regenerate dependent files.

	* src/Makefile.am (PERL): Remove duplicate definition.

	fmt's -s, -t, -c options didn't work properly for long lines.
	Since get_line may end up calling put_paragraph (for long lines),
	be sure to set global, `other_indent', before it is used there.

	* src/fmt.c (set_other_indent): New function, factored out of...
	(get_paragraph): ... here.  Call it.
	(get_line): Call set_other_indent before calling flush_paragraph,
	which calls fmt_paragraph, which in turn calls put_paragraph,
	which uses other_indent.

	* tests/fmt/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add long-line.
	* tests/fmt/long-line: New file/test, for the above fix.

2002-09-21  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/od.c: No longer include deprecated <values.h>.
	It was required solely for now-removed reference to BITSPERBYTE.
	* src/install.c: Likewise.
	Suggestion from Bruno Haible.

2002-09-06  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	`rmdir -p dir-specified-with-trailing-slash/' would fail.
	* src/rmdir.c (remove_parents): Strip trailing slashes.

2002-09-20  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* tests/rmdir/t-slash: New file/test, for the above fix.
	* tests/rmdir/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add t-slash.

	* Makefile.maint (announcement): Arrange to gpg-sign the message.
	Add a URL for each detached signature file.

2002-09-07  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>

	* configure.ac: Add need-ngettext to AM_GNU_GETTEXT invocation.

2002-09-18  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	`od -t x8' used the wrong (`l'-prefixed) printf format.
	Likewise for the o8 and u8 formats.
	* src/od.c (ISPEC_TO_FORMAT): Define macro.
	(decode_one_format): Use PRIdMAX, PRIoMAX, etc. for LONG_LONG.
	Reported by Arun Sharma.

2002-09-17  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/sys2.h (PRIdMAX, PRIoMAX, PRIuMAX, PRIxMAX): Define if necessary.
	From gettext's intl/loadmsgcat.c.

	* tests/od/x8: New file/test, for the above fix.
	* tests/od/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add x8.

2002-09-15  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Use autoconf-2.54.  Regenerate dependent files.

	* src/csplit.c (get_format_width): Add cast to avoid
	warning about `signed and unsigned type in conditional expression'.

2002-09-14  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/who.c (print_user): Change type of local to size_t
	to avoid warnings about `comparison between signed and unsigned'.
	* src/ptx.c (generate_all_output): Likewise.

	* src/dd.c (main, skip): Add casts to avoid warnings about
	`comparison between signed and unsigned'.

	* src/id.c (print_full_info, print_group_list): Add casts to avoid
	warnings about `signed and unsigned type in conditional expression'.

	* src/md5sum.c: Change type of global, digest_hex_bytes, to size_t
	to avoid warnings about `comparison between signed and unsigned'.
	(split_3): Change parameter names to be readable and add comment.
	Clean up the test for whether a line may be ignored.

2002-09-13  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/printf.c (main): Handle leading command line argument of `--'.
	Reported by Raul: DervishD <raul@pleyades.net>
	* tests/misc/printf: New file: test for the above.
	* tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add printf.

	* src/date.c (usage): Explain that %S's range of [0..60] is required --
	rather than 0..59 -- to accommodate the occasional positive leap second.
	Reported by Richard Neill.

2002-09-12  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/Makefile.am (nanosec_libs): Define.
	(sleep_LDADD, tail_LDADD): Use it here.

	Factor nanosleep-related code into ../lib/xnanosleep.c.
	* src/sleep.c: Include xnanosleep.h.
	Factor out fenv.h-related code.
	(timespec_subtract): Remove function.
	(main): Remove code that deals with computing start and stop times
	as well as the loop around nanosleep.  Now that's in xnanosleep.c.

	Allow S (in --sleep-interval=S) to be a floating point value.
	* src/tail.c: Include xnanosleep.h and xstrtod.h.
	Move declaration of global variable, sleep_interval, to ...
	(main): ...here.
	(usage): Update description of --sleep-interval option.
	(tail_forever): New parameter, sleep_interval.  Update caller.
	Use xnanosleep, rather than sleep.
	(parse_options): New parameter, sleep_interval.  Update caller.
	Use xstrtod, now that we accept floating point values.
	Prompted by a patch from Augey Mikus.

2002-09-06  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/remove.c (prompt): Change comment to give a better note to
	translators.  From Michael Piefel.

2002-09-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* README: A good problem report/patch includes diffs against
	the most recent test release.

	* src/pathchk.c (NEED_PATHCONF_WRAPPER): Define.
	(pathconf_wrapper): Define only if NEED_PATHCONF_WRAPPER is set.

	* src/kill.c (print_table_row): Use an unsigned type for widths
	to avoid warning about comparison between signed and unsigned.
	(list_signals): Likewise.

	* src/od.c (skip): Add a cast to avoid warning about comparison
	between signed and unsigned.
	* src/install.c (get_ids): Likewise.  Also rearrange range-checking
	comparisons to make them more readable.

2002-09-01  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Version 4.5.1.

2002-08-31  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	Symlinks were always reported as using 0 blocks.
	* src/system.h (ST_NBLOCKS): Don't depend on file type.
	This reverts the change of 2000-01-30.
	Based on a report and patch from Neil Brown via Michael Stone.
	This fixes Debian Bug#156358.

	* Most files: Change `exit (0)' to `exit (EXIT_SUCCESS)',
	`exit (1)' to `exit (EXIT_FAILURE)', and
	`usage (1)' to `usage (EXIT_FAILURE)'.

	* chgrp.c, chmod.c, chown.c, chroot.c, cp.c, date.c, dd.c, du.c,
	* hostname.c, id.c, install.c, ln.c, mkdir.c, mkfifo.c, mknod.c,
	* nice.c, pinky.c, printf.c, pwd.c, shred.c, sleep.c, stty.c,
	* su.c, tac-pipe.c, tail.c, tee.c, touch.c, uname.c, uptime.c,
	* users.c, who.c: Change `error (1, ...' to `error (EXIT_FAILURE, ...'.
	But don't change `error (0, ...' to `error (EXIT_SUCCESS, ...', since
	error never exits successfully.

2002-08-29  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/remove.c (remove_cwd_entries): Use closedir (not CLOSEDIR)
	when ignoring any return value.

	* src/remove.c (remove_cwd_entries): Detect and diagnose readdir
	failures.  On some systems (at least EMC Celerra and Solaris5.8),
	this appears to be necessary.
	(is_empty_dir): Likewise.  Also, always close directory handle.
	* src/ls.c (print_dir): Likewise.
	(print_dir): Rename local variable: reading -> dirp.
	Reported by Mike Coleman.

2002-08-28  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/remove.c (remove_cwd_entries): Use CLOSEDIR, not closedir.
	Give a diagnostic and fail if closedir fails.

2002-08-26  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Makefile.am (THANKS-to-translators): New rule.
	(EXTRA_DIST): Add both THANKS-to-translators and THANKStt.in.
	* THANKStt.in: New file.

	* src/cat.c (close_stdout_wrapper): New, kludgey, function and
	file-scoped global.
	(main): Register it with atexit.
	Close STDOUT_FILENO, to avoid a problem when writing to
	/dev/audio on at least Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 systems.
	Reported by Shing-Shong Shei.

2002-08-25  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/cat.c (main): Close STDIN_FILENO rather than a literal `0'.
	* src/tac.c (main): Likewise.
	* src/tail.c (main): Likewise.
	* src/tee.c (main): Likewise.
	* src/tr.c (main): Likewise.
	* src/wc.c (main): Likewise.

2002-08-20  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* tests/mv/setup: Rewrite not to use `: ${VAR=not_set}' paradigm.

2002-08-10  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* src/nohup.sh: Don't use "exec --"; it's not portable and
	shouldn't be needed.

2002-08-09  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/pr.c (main): Don't ignore -COLUMN if it's the last option.
	(usage): Clarify help text for the -COLUMN option.
	Patch by Padraig Brady.
	* tests/pr/Test.pm [col-last]: New test for the above.

	* configure.ac: Start with version 4.5.1, chosen so that it's larger
	than the latest version numbers of the component packages.

	* man/Makefile.am (check-x-vs-1): Set and export PATH so we use
	programs in ../src.

2002-08-08  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/date.c: Guard inclusion of <langinfo.h> with
	`#if HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET', not `#if HAVE_LANGINFO_H'.
	* src/sort.c: Likewise.
	Patch by GOTO Masanori.

2002-08-05  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	Fix some minor time-related bugs with POSIX time arguments.
	Some valid time stamps were being rejected (notably -1, and
	time stamps before 1900 on 64-bit hosts).  And some invalid
	time stamps were being accepted, e.g. September 31.

	* src/date.c (main): Adjust to posixtime signature change.
	* src/touch.c (main): Likewise.  Remove unnecessary initialization.
	Use localtime, not posixtm, to warn about obsolete "touch".

2002-08-05  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add nice and pathchk1.

2002-08-04  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/Makefile.am (check-README): New target/rule.
	(check): Depend on it.

	* configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_FILES): Add old/Makefile and old/*/Makefile.

2002-08-03  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add old.
	* old/: New directory, containing legacy ChangeLog* and NEWS files
	from the fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

	* src/Makefile.am (AM_INSTALLCHECK_STD_OPTIONS_EXEMPT): Set to false.

2002-08-02  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* NEWS, doc/coreutils.texi: uniq now obeys LC_COLLATE.

	* src/uniq.c: Include hard-locale.h, xmemcoll.h.
	(hard_LC_COLLATE): New var.
	(different): Args are now char *, not const char *.
	Use xmemcoll instead of memcmp to compare lines, so that
	LC_COLLATE has effect.  However, use memcmp if it is an
	easy locale.
	(check_file): Do not include newline in comparison, so that
	xmemcoll has a byte to stomp on temporarily.
	(main): Set hard_LC_COLLATE.

2002-07-29  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Remove djgpp, for now.

2002-07-08  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* src/Makefile.am (uninstall-local): Search for @GNU_PACKAGE@,
	rather than the hard-coded `sh-utils'.

2002-07-01  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>

	* configure.ac: Merge the three files from fileutils,
	textutils, and sh-utils.
	* Makefile.am: Likewise.
	* src/Makefile.am: Likewise.

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