platform/upstream/coreutils.git
15 years agomaint: relax a check so "make distcheck" succeeds again
Jim Meyering [Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:11:18 +0000 (23:11 +0200)]
maint: relax a check so "make distcheck" succeeds again

* maint.mk (makefile-check): Relax the check, in order to exempt
the necessary use of a sole @...@-delimited Makefile.am variable.

15 years agomaint: avoid using find -name Makefile.am; could get false positives
Jim Meyering [Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:25:12 +0000 (15:25 +0200)]
maint: avoid using find -name Makefile.am; could get false positives

* maint.mk (makefile-check): Instead, search for the offending
@...@ construct only in version-controlled files.

15 years agopinky: gettextize two missed strings
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:44:33 +0000 (22:44 +0200)]
pinky: gettextize two missed strings

Additionally differentiate the strings for unknown idle time and
unknown real name so they can be translated differently.

15 years agocp.c: adjust a comment to make it consistent with documentation
Jim Meyering [Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:15:56 +0000 (16:15 +0200)]
cp.c: adjust a comment to make it consistent with documentation

'-a' is equivalent to -dpR, so s/-dpPR/-dpR/;  the -P is redundant,
since -d already implies -P, and both --help and "info cp" say -dpR:
Corresponding doc changes: 080ac7785071c7f135711a39e57c71d9057d9bd7
b7c2db676635518c06add0dd570543ae83e21f2e.

15 years agofix installation with ./ginstall in src
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:32:08 +0000 (22:32 +0200)]
fix installation with ./ginstall in src

* src/Makefile.am (cu_install_program): New variable, set to
either ./ginstall or @INSTALL_PROGRAM@ (for cross compilation).
(INSTALL_PROGRAM): Override AC_SUBST unconditionally, to avoid
warning, and wrong initialization order.

15 years agodoc: alphabetize 'who's option descriptions
Benno Schulenberg [Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:00:20 +0000 (10:00 +0200)]
doc: alphabetize 'who's option descriptions

* doc/coreutils.texi (who invocation): Alphabetize.

15 years agowho --help: add a general description
Benno Schulenberg [Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:26:37 +0000 (23:26 +0200)]
who --help: add a general description

15 years agouptime --help: put together message parts that belong together
Benno Schulenberg [Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:35:18 +0000 (12:35 +0200)]
uptime --help: put together message parts that belong together

15 years agotr --help: gettextize a single paragraph as a single string
Benno Schulenberg [Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:52:06 +0000 (22:52 +0200)]
tr --help: gettextize a single paragraph as a single string

Breaking a paragraph into several strings is awkward for translators.

15 years agotail: gettextize the string, "standard input"
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:47:54 +0000 (23:47 +0200)]
tail: gettextize the string, "standard input"

15 years agotail --help: move the --retry entry into alphabetical order
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:34:08 +0000 (23:34 +0200)]
tail --help: move the --retry entry into alphabetical order

* src/tail.c (usage): Also simplify --retry description, split a
long string in two, remove a stray period, and add the usual indent.

15 years agoshred --help: lowercase a stray capital
Benno Schulenberg [Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:08:22 +0000 (00:08 +0200)]
shred --help: lowercase a stray capital

15 years agostty --help: correct the alignment of an entry
Benno Schulenberg [Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:05:01 +0000 (00:05 +0200)]
stty --help: correct the alignment of an entry

* src/stty.c (usage): Also remove a stray period, and ungettextize
a debugging message.

15 years agosort --help: sort the options better alphabetically
Benno Schulenberg [Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:37:19 +0000 (15:37 +0200)]
sort --help: sort the options better alphabetically

Take the opportunity to split the long message into three parts.

15 years agormdir --help: use lower case in option description; adjust indentation
Benno Schulenberg [Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:49:11 +0000 (22:49 +0200)]
rmdir --help: use lower case in option description; adjust indentation

15 years agoremove.c: move comment to right before string, so gettext will pick it up
Benno Schulenberg [Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:46:54 +0000 (23:46 +0200)]
remove.c: move comment to right before string, so gettext will pick it up

15 years agopr --help: elide arguments after short options that allow a space
Benno Schulenberg [Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:07:15 +0000 (23:07 +0200)]
pr --help: elide arguments after short options that allow a space

* src/pr.c (usage): Also, put the -S option with its description.

15 years agood: ungettextize debugging messages
Benno Schulenberg [Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:16:31 +0000 (22:16 +0200)]
od: ungettextize debugging messages

15 years agonohup, remove, tr: also gettextize the alternative messages
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:00:00 +0000 (23:00 +0200)]
nohup, remove, tr: also gettextize the alternative messages

15 years agood --help: avoid concatening two messages without a newline
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:40:03 +0000 (22:40 +0200)]
od --help: avoid concatening two messages without a newline

src/od.c (usage): Better: make them into two separate paragraphs.

15 years agomkfifo, mknod --help: put -Z option in its alphabetical position
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:35:05 +0000 (22:35 +0200)]
mkfifo, mknod --help: put -Z option in its alphabetical position

Options are normally sorted by their short form, not their long form.
Also line up their descriptions.

15 years agodoc: coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Add an example.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:20:13 +0000 (09:20 +0200)]
doc: coreutils.texi (csplit invocation): Add an example.

15 years agovarious VPATH-related fixes
Ralf Wildenhues [Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:23:43 +0000 (21:23 +0200)]
various VPATH-related fixes

* maint.mk (VC_LIST): Prepend '$(srcdir)/'.
(patch-check): Fix to make it work with a VPATH build.
* src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Likewise.
* man/Makefile.am (.x.1): Do not make outputs unwritable.

15 years agostat: remove obsolete and undocumented option, --filesystem
Jim Meyering [Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:38:59 +0000 (09:38 +0200)]
stat: remove obsolete and undocumented option, --filesystem

* src/stat.c: Remove obsolete and undocumented --filesystem.

15 years agotests: reenable disabled test, now that automake can handle it
Jim Meyering [Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:08:16 +0000 (15:08 +0200)]
tests: reenable disabled test, now that automake can handle it

This reverts the change in ae1c205fc473589d028ef63785926263843555cd.

15 years agotests: temporarily disable part of "make distcheck"
Jim Meyering [Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:37:39 +0000 (22:37 +0200)]
tests: temporarily disable part of "make distcheck"

* maint.mk (install-transform-check): Temporarily disable.

15 years agotweak wording and check to avoid failure
Jim Meyering [Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:14:00 +0000 (18:14 +0200)]
tweak wording and check to avoid failure

* doc/coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Tweak wording.
* doc/Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Allow "search path".

15 years agodoc: mention which commands may be built-in functions
Jim Meyering [Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:05:57 +0000 (13:05 +0200)]
doc: mention which commands may be built-in functions

* doc/coreutils.texi (mayConflictWithShellBuiltIn): New macro.
(mknod invocation, stat invocation, echo invocation)
(printf invocation, test invocation, pwd invocation)
(nice invocation, kill invocation, sleep invocation): Use it.
(printf invocation): Invoke via "env" rather than using a
literal /usr/local/bin/ prefix in examples.

15 years agosimplify installation rules, using new Automake
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:53:14 +0000 (19:53 +0200)]
simplify installation rules, using new Automake

This relies on development Automake to provide multi-file
installation, and avoids relying on undocumented Automake
interfaces.  It also removes special-casing for `['.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Depend on 1.10a.
(CROSS_COMPILING): New Automake conditional.
* src/Makefile.am (install-exec-am, filtered_PROGS)
(d_bindir, cu-install-binPROGRAMS): Remove.
(INSTALL_PROGRAM) [!CROSS_COMPILING]: Set to `./ginstall'.

15 years agofix minor shell issues in test suite
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:45:25 +0000 (19:45 +0200)]
fix minor shell issues in test suite

* tests/misc/help-version: Fix bad quoting.
* tests/cp/same-file: Fix unportable shell quoting.
* tests/mv/part-symlink: Likewise.

15 years agotests: don't use "local" in bourne shell scripts
Jim Meyering [Mon, 8 Sep 2008 06:23:37 +0000 (08:23 +0200)]
tests: don't use "local" in bourne shell scripts

* tests/test-lib.sh (remove_tmp_, skip_if_mcstransd_is_running_):
Avoid failure on Solaris 11, since their /bin/sh passes the tests
in posix-shell.m4, yet does not support "local" (which is not POSIX).

15 years agotests: use "Exit $fail", not (exit $fail); exit $fail
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:31:27 +0000 (10:31 +0200)]
tests: use "Exit $fail", not (exit $fail); exit $fail

* tests/test-lib.sh (Exit): New function by Ralf Wildenhues in automake
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=automake.git;a=commitdiff;h=20594c08f63
* tests/**: Convert all uses:

This restrictive change converted the vast majority:

  git grep -l '^(exit \$fail); exit \$fail$' \
    | xargs perl -pi -e 's/'^\(exit \$fail\); exit \$fail$/Exit \$fail/'

And this did the rest, plus a few undesirable ones, so I manually
backed out the changes to ChangeLog-* and build-aux/check.mk:

  git grep -l -E '\(exit [^)]+\); exit ' \
    | xargs perl -pi -e 's/\(exit (.+?)\); exit \1/Exit $1/'

15 years agotests: move input-tty into a test-lib.sh function
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:54:43 +0000 (11:54 +0200)]
tests: move input-tty into a test-lib.sh function

* tests/test-lib.sh (require_controlling_input_terminal_): New function, from
* tests/input-tty: ...here.  Remove file.
* tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove input-tty.
* tests/mv/i-3: Use the function, not the file.
* tests/misc/stty: Likewise.
* tests/misc/stty-row-col: Likewise.
* tests/misc/stty-invalid: Likewise.

15 years agotests: work around Solaris 11 bug
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:50:49 +0000 (20:50 +0200)]
tests: work around Solaris 11 bug

* tests/misc/printf-surprise: Accept bogus prefix on stderr output.

15 years agotests: don't let rounding-to-1KB blocks provoke a failure
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:49:34 +0000 (20:49 +0200)]
tests: don't let rounding-to-1KB blocks provoke a failure

* tests/df/total-awk: Use df's --block-size=512 option.

15 years agotests: don't fail due to built-in sleep from Solaris 11's /bin/sh
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:16:42 +0000 (19:16 +0200)]
tests: don't fail due to built-in sleep from Solaris 11's /bin/sh

* tests/misc/help-version (id_args): Invoke via env to ensure we
run the just-built version of sleep.

15 years agoinstall: new option: --strip-program,
Kamil Dudka [Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:12:06 +0000 (13:12 +0200)]
install: new option: --strip-program,

...to specify the program used to strip binaries
* src/install.c (main): Handle new option --strip-program.
(strip): Use strip program from global variable strip_program.
(usage): Mention new option --strip-program in --help.
* tests/tests/strip-program: Test case for new option --strip-program.
* tests/Makefile.am: Add new test case to test set.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Mention new option --strip-program.
* NEWS: Mention the change.
* TODO: Remove completed task.

15 years agodf: new option: --total to print grand totals
Kamil Dudka [Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:33:06 +0000 (10:33 +0200)]
df: new option: --total to print grand totals

* src/df.c (add_uint_with_neg_flag): New function to add two integral
values with separate negation flag.
(show_dev): New parameter force_fsu to display numbers directly. Collect
summary statistics on each printed device.
(usage): Mention new option --total in --help.
(main): Initialize summary on program start. Handle new option --total.
* tests/df/total: Dummy test case for new --total option.
* tests/df/total-awk: Better test case for new --total option (requires
awk).
* doc/coreutils.texi: Mention new parameter --total.
* NEWS: Mention the change.
* TODO: Removed completed task.

15 years agoTODO: add an item for a chmod optimization
Jim Meyering [Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:32:36 +0000 (08:32 +0200)]
TODO: add an item for a chmod optimization

15 years agoenv, groups: remove duplicate inclusion of <getopt.h>
Jerry Snitselaar [Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:58:27 +0000 (15:58 +0200)]
env, groups: remove duplicate inclusion of <getopt.h>

* src/env.c: Remove redundant #include.
* src/groups.c: Likewise.
Tiny change.

15 years agogenerate version.c and version.h
Jim Meyering [Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:17:27 +0000 (21:17 +0200)]
generate version.c and version.h

* src/Makefile.am (version.c, version.h): New rules.  Generate.
(nodist_libver_a_SOURCES): Define
* .gitignore: Add src/version.c and src/version.h.
(DISTCLEANFILES): Add version.c and version.h.

15 years agouse new global, "Version", rather than macro, VERSION
Jim Meyering [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:30:14 +0000 (22:30 +0200)]
use new global, "Version", rather than macro, VERSION

With this change, a version-string update no longer
forces recompilation of 100+ src/*.o files.
* src/version.c (Version): New global.  New file.
* src/version.h: Declare it.
* src/Makefile.am: Put it in a library that everyone links to.
(noinst_LIBRARIES, libver_a_SOURCES): Define.
(LDADD): Add libver.a.
(sc_tight_scope): Use perl (was sed), and a more relaxed regexp
to build the global-variable-name-recognizing regexp list.
* src/system.h: Include "version.h".
(case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR): Use Version rather than VERSION.
* src/basename.c (main): Use Version rather than VERSION.
* src/chroot.c (main): Likewise.
* src/cksum.c (main): Likewise.
* src/dd.c (main): Likewise.
* src/dirname.c (main): Likewise.
* src/echo.c (main): Likewise.
* src/hostid.c (main): Likewise.
* src/hostname.c (main): Likewise.
* src/link.c (main): Likewise.
* src/logname.c (main): Likewise.
* src/nice.c (main): Likewise.
* src/nohup.c (main): Likewise.
* src/printenv.c (main): Likewise.
* src/printf.c (main): Likewise.
* src/pwd.c (main): Likewise.
* src/setuidgid.c (main): Likewise.
* src/sleep.c (main): Likewise.
* src/sync.c (main): Likewise.
* src/test.c (main): Likewise.
* src/timeout.c (main): Likewise.
* src/true.c (main): Likewise.
* src/tsort.c (main): Likewise.
* src/unlink.c (main): Likewise.
* src/uptime.c (main): Likewise.
* src/users.c (main): Likewise.
* src/whoami.c (main): Likewise.
* src/yes.c (main): Likewise.

15 years agobootstrap: preserve permissions of more copied files
Jim Meyering [Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:43:52 +0000 (18:43 +0200)]
bootstrap: preserve permissions of more copied files

* bootstrap (cp_mark_as_generated): Preserve perms of copied files.
Remove a kludge, now that this is fixed.

15 years agodoc: clarify wc -L documentation
Bruno Haible [Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:50:17 +0000 (15:50 +0200)]
doc: clarify wc -L documentation

* doc/coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Explain what the -L option
measures.

15 years agols: adjust to gnulib change
Eric Blake [Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:58:34 +0000 (09:58 -0600)]
ls: adjust to gnulib change

* src/ls.c (includes): "strverscmp.h" no longer exists.

15 years ago.gitignore: ignore more files
Eric Blake [Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:00:38 +0000 (10:00 -0600)]
.gitignore: ignore more files

* .gitignore: Ignore directories created by gnulib.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
15 years ago.gitattributes: generalize
Eric Blake [Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:55:51 +0000 (08:55 +0200)]
.gitattributes: generalize

* .gitattributes: Relax the glob pattern, so it matches *.texinfo, too.
Suggest a POSIX BRE, rather than one that uses the GNU extension, \\+.

15 years agosort: improve usage wording
Eric Blake [Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:50:27 +0000 (21:50 -0600)]
sort: improve usage wording

* src/sort.c (usage): Mention that -k defaults to end of line if
POS2 omitted.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Tim Ryan.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
15 years agoadjust
Jim Meyering [Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:48:43 +0000 (09:48 +0200)]
adjust

15 years agosort: new option, --sort=version, for version number ordering
Bruce Korb [Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:24:59 +0000 (06:24 -0700)]
sort: new option, --sort=version, for version number ordering

* src/sort.c [struct keyfield] (version): New member.
(usage): Describe --version-sort.
(sort_options): Add 'V'.
(long_options): Add "version-sort".
(CHECK_TABLE, _ct_, SORT_TABLE, _st_): Define new macros.
(check_args, sort_args, sort_types): Use these new macros in declarations.
(ARGMATCH_VERIFY): Remove use.  No longer needed.
(compare_version): New function.
(key_compare): Add a case.
(check_ordering_compatibility): Handle new type.
(main): Likewise.  Reformat two expressions for readability.
* tests/misc/sort-version: new test file
* tests/Makefile.am: add it to the list
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document it.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.

15 years agoset envvars via "env" to avoid spurious set -x output from bad shells
Jim Meyering [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:40:58 +0000 (10:40 +0200)]
set envvars via "env" to avoid spurious set -x output from bad shells

* tests/dd/misc: Set LC_ALL=C via env.
* tests/cp/thru-dangling: Set POSIXLY_CORRECT via env.
This is necessary at least on AIX 5.3.
Reported by Jeph Cowan and Ralf Wildenhues.  Details here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/14235/focus=14257

15 years ago"expr --bignum 1" now fails when expr is built without libgmp
Jim Meyering [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:58:47 +0000 (09:58 +0200)]
"expr --bignum 1" now fails when expr is built without libgmp

* src/expr.c (main): When --bignum is requested, yet expr was built
without libgmp, exit nonzero (3) in addition to giving a diagnostic.

15 years agomktemp, sort, tac: don't use undefined after mkstemp failure
Jim Meyering [Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:53:12 +0000 (20:53 +0200)]
mktemp, sort, tac: don't use undefined after mkstemp failure

When mkstemp fails, the template buffer may have undefined
contents, so we must not print it.
* src/sort.c (create_temp_file): Use temp_dir, not "file"
when diagnosing failed mkstemp, because "file" may be undefined.
* tests/misc/sort-merge: Adjust for new expected output.
Jeph Cowan and Ralf Wildenhues reported the test failure:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/14235/focus=14257
* src/tac.c (copy_to_temp): Don't use template buffer after
failed mkstemp call, since its contents may be undefined.
* tests/misc/tac (pipe-bad-tmpdir): New test for the above.
* src/mktemp.c (main): Save a copy of the template string,
solely for use in case mkstemp fails.
* tests/misc/mktemp (pipe-bad-tmpdir): New test for the above.

15 years agokill: micro grammar nit in description of SIGNAL
Benno Schulenberg [Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:04:40 +0000 (20:04 +0200)]
kill: micro grammar nit in description of SIGNAL

15 years agogroups: let synopsis show that the command allows multiple usernames
Benno Schulenberg [Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:39:38 +0000 (19:39 +0200)]
groups: let synopsis show that the command allows multiple usernames

Also make the docstring say so.

15 years agoid: remove superfluous condition test; it is caught at -Z above
Benno Schulenberg [Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:44:16 +0000 (22:44 +0200)]
id: remove superfluous condition test; it is caught at -Z above

15 years agoid: gettextize a few missed tiny strings
Benno Schulenberg [Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:01:12 +0000 (23:01 +0200)]
id: gettextize a few missed tiny strings

15 years agofmt: remove the 'no file' sentence; the standard phrase is given below
Benno Schulenberg [Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:43:32 +0000 (15:43 +0200)]
fmt: remove the 'no file' sentence; the standard phrase is given below

Replace the sentence with a more useful explanation of -DIGITS.

15 years agoecho: correct description of \c
Benno Schulenberg [Fri, 8 Aug 2008 21:15:52 +0000 (23:15 +0200)]
echo: correct description of \c

* src/echo.c (usage): Correct description of \c.
* coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Likewise.
* src/echo.c: Remove --help-duplicating comment.

15 years agodoc: the quote operator for expr is '+', not 'quote'
Benno Schulenberg [Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:31:32 +0000 (14:31 +0200)]
doc: the quote operator for expr is '+', not 'quote'

15 years agofactor: remove duplicate docstring; use the more detailed one
Benno Schulenberg [Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:52:54 +0000 (14:52 +0200)]
factor: remove duplicate docstring; use the more detailed one

15 years agoecho: gettextize the alternative option description too
Benno Schulenberg [Fri, 8 Aug 2008 20:58:51 +0000 (22:58 +0200)]
echo: gettextize the alternative option description too

15 years agodd: clarify meaning of multiplication factors; put xM in order
Benno Schulenberg [Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:33:20 +0000 (13:33 +0200)]
dd: clarify meaning of multiplication factors; put xM in order

15 years agodoc: remove stray word from date's field width description
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:37:27 +0000 (00:37 +0200)]
doc: remove stray word from date's field width description

15 years agodate: remove confusing and unneeded sentence from --help
Benno Schulenberg [Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:01:16 +0000 (00:01 +0200)]
date: remove confusing and unneeded sentence from --help

It makes it unclear what 'sequences' refers to,
and the -u option already says enough.

15 years agoprintenv: say what it does when variables are specified
Benno Schulenberg [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:57:07 +0000 (22:57 +0200)]
printenv: say what it does when variables are specified

15 years agodoc: put the exitstatus paragraph in a better place
Benno Schulenberg [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:21:35 +0000 (23:21 +0200)]
doc: put the exitstatus paragraph in a better place

* doc/coreutils.texi (tsort invocation): move two lines

15 years agocp: move a newline to make second message identical to others
Benno Schulenberg [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:40:48 +0000 (22:40 +0200)]
cp: move a newline to make second message identical to others

15 years agowho: Gettextize two forgotten strings
Benno Schulenberg [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:11:47 +0000 (22:11 +0200)]
who: Gettextize two forgotten strings

15 years agosort: remove unnecessary declaration of strtod
Jim Meyering [Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:15:00 +0000 (16:15 +0200)]
sort: remove unnecessary declaration of strtod

* src/sort.c (STDC_HEADERS): Remove declaration of strtod.

15 years agosort: avoid erroneous cast
Jim Meyering [Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:13:14 +0000 (16:13 +0200)]
sort: avoid erroneous cast

* src/sort.c (OPEN_MAX): Define if not already defined.
(MAX_NMERGE): Remove definition.
(specify_nmerge): Don't cast MAX_NMERGE (of type size_t) to unsigned int.
Instead, use OPEN_MAX as the fall-back value.

15 years agosort: don't print uninitialized in diagnostic
Jim Meyering [Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:51:03 +0000 (10:51 +0200)]
sort: don't print uninitialized in diagnostic

* src/sort.c (specify_nmerge): Do use uinttostr value.
Provoke with e.g., sort -m --batch-size=18446744073709551617
Omit quotes around known-numeric value in diagnostic.
* tests/misc/sort-merge [nmerge-big]: Tighten ERR_SUBST regexp
to require a numeric value in that diagnostic, so this particular
failure cannot reappear.

15 years ago* .gitattributes: Better diff output for texinfo sources.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:47:34 +0000 (12:47 +0200)]
* .gitattributes: Better diff output for texinfo sources.

15 years agodd.c: reduce duplication in new O_FULLBLOCK-defining code
Jim Meyering [Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:01:16 +0000 (23:01 +0200)]
dd.c: reduce duplication in new O_FULLBLOCK-defining code

* src/dd.c (MULTIPLE_BITS_SET): New macro, extracted from...
(multiple_bits_set): ...this function.
Use a single-line, and far simpler expression (no need to list all
O_* symbols again) to validate the derived O_FULLBLOCK value.

15 years ago* coreutils.texi (factor invocation, expr invocation): Adjust wording.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:48:31 +0000 (12:48 +0200)]
* coreutils.texi (factor invocation, expr invocation): Adjust wording.

15 years agoexpr: avoid compiler warnings
Jim Meyering [Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:06:54 +0000 (10:06 +0200)]
expr: avoid compiler warnings

* src/expr.c (die): New "noreturn" function to wrap one-arg use of
error
(string_too_long): Use die rather than error.
(toint): Remove definition of now-unused function.
(eval6): Remove a little duplication.
Use die rather than error.
(dodivide): Remove declaration of now-unused variable.

15 years ago* tests/misc/expr: Add tests of the new GMP-based code.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:02:34 +0000 (10:02 +0200)]
* tests/misc/expr: Add tests of the new GMP-based code.

15 years agoexpr: support arbitrary-precision arithmetic
James Youngman [Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:49:46 +0000 (21:49 +0100)]
expr: support arbitrary-precision arithmetic

* src/Makefile.am (expr_LDADD): Link expr against GNU MP.
* doc/coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Describe --bignum,
--no-bignum.   Explain the new arbitrary-precision functionality.
* NEWS: Indicate that arbitrary-precision arithmetic is now
supported in expr.
* src/expr.c (enum valtype): Added mp_integer, signifying a GNU MP
number.
(usage): Document the new options --bignum and --no-bignum which
force and prohibit the use of arbitrary-precision arithmetic,
respectively.
(long_options): data structure for getopt_long, which we need to
use to parse the options mentioned above.
(main): parse these options with getopt_long instead of
parse_long_options.
(valinfo): Downgrade the numeric member of the union from
intmax_t to signed long, since MP lacks functions for promoting an
intmax_t to an arbitrary-precision quantity.
(enum arithmetic_mode): Represents the current choice between
--bignum, --no-bignum and the default (automatically switch from
one to the other if needed).
(integer_overflow): issue a more explicit error message indicating
that MP is not available.
(string_too_long): new function, emits a fatal error message for
the case where an argument to the 'index' expression is too long
for a string offset to be represented.
(int_value): With --bignum, create the value as mp_integer rather
than plain integer.
(substr_value): factored out of eval6; implements "substr".
(freev): also destroy mp_integer values.  Check that no mp_integer
values exist if --no-bignum was specified.
(printv, null, tostring): support mp_integer.
(toint): new funtion for converting from string or mp_integer to
integer.
(getsize): extracts a size_t value from a VALUE object; used to
implement substr.
(promote): promotes a value from integer to mp_integer.
(domult, dodivide): functions for multiplication and division,
factored out of eval4.
(doadd): addition/subraction function, factpred out of eval3.
(eval3): support mp_integer types; call doadd.
(eval4): support mp_integer types; call domult, dodivide.
(eval6): support mp_integer offsets and lengths for "substr" and
"index".
* TODO: Mention that expr supports arbitrary-precision arithmetic,
and suggest that this might also be a good idea for seq.
* AUTHORS (expr): Add James Youngman.

15 years agodoc: mv,cp: undocument the --reply option
James Youngman [Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:57:50 +0000 (00:57 +0100)]
doc: mv,cp: undocument the --reply option

* doc/coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Remove documentation for mv --reply.
(cp invocation): Likewise.
* NEWS: mention this.

15 years agodocument the supported baud rates beyond 38400
James Youngman [Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:16:14 +0000 (01:16 +0100)]
document the supported baud rates beyond 38400

* doc/coreutils.texi (Special):  Document the supported baud rates
beyond 38400.

15 years agols: ignore spurious getfilecon failure due to lack of SELinux support
John David Anglin [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:04:44 +0000 (14:04 +0200)]
ls: ignore spurious getfilecon failure due to lack of SELinux support

* src/ls.c (gobble_file): Upon failed getfilecon, treat an errno value
of EOPNOTSUPP just like ENOTSUP.  See <http://bugs.debian.org/488549>.

15 years agoDocument uptime.
James Youngman [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:51:21 +0000 (18:51 +0100)]
Document uptime.

* doc/coreutils.texi (uptime invocation): document uptime.
* TODO: uptime is documented now.
* src/uptime.c (print_uptime): Use fprintftime to print the time, rather
than printf. This should make the situation better for translations.

15 years agodoc: correct and normalize --help output of several tools
Benno Schulenberg [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:44:47 +0000 (10:44 +0200)]
doc: correct and normalize --help output of several tools

* src/chroot.c (usage): Add "[ARG]" to synopsis.
* src/cut.c (usage): Remove an inconsistent period in an option
description.
* src/du.c (usage): Remove superfluous argument after short option -X.
Also remove inconsistent uppercase and final period.
Use a single indent level for prettiness.
* src/shred.c (usage): Normalize the synopsis.
* src/stty.c (usage): Options -F and --file are alternatives, cannot
both be used.
* src/sum.c (usage): -r does not overrule -s; the last one counts.
* src/uptime.c (usage): Remove inconsistent space from the synopsis.
* src/users.c: Likewise.

15 years agofalse: mark "false" description for translation
Jim Meyering [Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:12:47 +0000 (10:12 +0200)]
false: mark "false" description for translation

* src/true.c (usage): Mark both strings with N_, so that
the one for "false" is also extracted for translation.
For consistency, mark both, although only the latter one needed it.
Inspired by a patch from Benno Schulenberg.

15 years agofactor: credit Torbjörn Granlund
James Youngman [Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:16:06 +0000 (00:16 +0100)]
factor: credit Torbjörn Granlund

* src/factor.c: Credit Torbjörn Granlund as the author of the
arbitrary-precision factorization code.

15 years agodoc: make it clear we're talking about the Linux kernel
Jim Meyering [Sun, 3 Aug 2008 06:53:30 +0000 (08:53 +0200)]
doc: make it clear we're talking about the Linux kernel

* doc/coreutils.texi (mv invocation): tweak wording

15 years agotests: fix build-aux/check.mk for non-GNU make
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:22:32 +0000 (13:22 +0200)]
tests: fix build-aux/check.mk for non-GNU make

* build-aux/check.mk ($(TEST_LOGS)) [!GNU_MAKE]: Check for
a $(TESTS) test in the build dir, before one in srcdir.  For details,
see <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/14198>.

15 years ago* bootstrap: Fix unportable expr usage.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 2 Aug 2008 07:41:09 +0000 (09:41 +0200)]
* bootstrap: Fix unportable expr usage.

15 years agols: --color now highlights files with capabilities, too
Kamil Dudka [Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:33:45 +0000 (19:33 +0200)]
ls: --color now highlights files with capabilities, too

* src/ls.c: [HAVE_CAP] Include <sys/capability.h>.
(has_capability): New function for capability detection.
(print_color_indicator): Colorize file with capability.
* m4/jm-macro.m4: New configure option: --disable-libcap.
Check for libcap usability.
* src/Makefile.am (dir_LDADD, ls_LDADD, ...): Append $(LIB_CAP).
* src/dircolors.c: Update color lists.
* src/dircolors.hin: Mention new CAPABILITY color attribute.
* tests/ls/capability: Test for ls - colorize file with capability.
* tests/Makefile.am (root_tests): Add ls/capability.
* NEWS: Mention the change.

15 years agofactor arbitrarily large numbers
James Youngman [Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:58:10 +0000 (09:58 +0200)]
factor arbitrarily large numbers

* m4/gmp.m4: New file; adds cu_GMP, which detects GNU MP.
* configure.ac: Use cu_GMP.
* src/Makefile.am: Link factor against libgmp if available.
* src/factor.c: Use GNU MP if it is available.
(emit_factor, emit_ul_factor, factor_using_division,
factor_using_pollard_rho, extract_factors_multi,
sort_and_print_factors, free_factors): new functions
for the arbitrary-precision implementation, taken from an example
in GNU MP.
(factor_wheel): Renamed; was called factor.
(print_factors_single): Renamed; was called print_factors.
(print_factors): New function, chooses between the single- and
arbitrary-precision algorithms according to availability of GNU MP
and the length of the number to be factored.
(usage, main): New options --bignum and --no-bignum.
* coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Document new command-line
options for the MP implementation and update the performance
numbers to take into account the asymptotically faster algorithm.
* TODO: Remove item about factoring large primes (it's done).
* m4/gmp.m4: Add support for --without-gmp.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.

15 years agols -U1 now uses constant memory
Kamil Dudka [Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:31:50 +0000 (14:31 +0200)]
ls -U1 now uses constant memory

When printing one name per line and not sorting, ls now uses
constant memory per directory, no matter how many files are in
the directory.
* ls.c (print_dir): Print each file name immediately, when possible.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.

15 years ago* timeout.c: Fix grammar in a comment. Normalize comment syntax.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:29:52 +0000 (14:29 +0200)]
* timeout.c: Fix grammar in a comment. Normalize comment syntax.

15 years agobootstrap: work also when there are no .po files in po/
Jim Meyering [Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:48:22 +0000 (11:48 +0200)]
bootstrap: work also when there are no .po files in po/

* bootstrap (update_po_files): Complete the change that I began
in 7ba2dd808232cff3ee76aaceb97f4381c3c9cde4.

15 years ago* NEWS: Move shuf --zero-terminated item into bug-fixes section.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:21:14 +0000 (22:21 +0200)]
* NEWS: Move shuf --zero-terminated item into bug-fixes section.

15 years agoshuf: correctly document --head-count
Mikael Magnusson [Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:31:18 +0000 (17:31 +0200)]
shuf: correctly document --head-count

* src/shuf.c (usage): Correct --help output.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Correct option listing.
* NEWS: Mention correction.

15 years agoshuf: honor --zero-terminated option even with --input-range=LO-HI
Jim Meyering [Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:14:37 +0000 (15:14 +0200)]
shuf: honor --zero-terminated option even with --input-range=LO-HI

* src/shuf.c (write_permuted_output): Add EOLBYTE parameter and use
it rather than hard-coding "\n".
(main): Adjust sole caller.
* tests/misc/shuf: Add a test to exercise this bug fix.
* NEWS: Mention it.

15 years agodd: minor fullblock changes
Jim Meyering [Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:50:52 +0000 (14:50 +0200)]
dd: minor fullblock changes

* src/dd.c (O_FULLBLOCK): Define using an enum, not #define.
Derive the value, rather than hard-coding to one that might conflict.
(usage): Mention iflag=fullblock in --help output.
(scanargs): Reset the O_FULLBLOCK bit, so that we don't try to set
an undefined attribute via fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, ...
* tests/dd/misc: Signal framework_failure when necessary.
Use "compare actual expected", so any diffs look "right".
* NEWS (dd): Alphabetize and reword.
* coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Adjust wording.

15 years agodd: new option: iflag=fullblock to accumulate full input blocks
Kamil Dudka [Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:29:21 +0000 (11:29 +0200)]
dd: new option: iflag=fullblock to accumulate full input blocks

* src/dd.c (iread_fullblock): New function for reading full blocks.
(scanargs): Check for new parameter iflag=fullblock.
(skip): Use iread_fnc pointer instead of iread function.
(dd_copy): Use iread_fnc pointer instead of iread function.
* tests/dd/misc: Add test for dd - read full blocks.
* doc/coretuils.texi: Mention new parameter iflag=fullblock.
* NEWS: Mentioned the change.

15 years agodd: adjust --help output so help2man formats the man page properly
Jim Meyering [Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:50:40 +0000 (15:50 +0200)]
dd: adjust --help output so help2man formats the man page properly

* src/dd.c (usage): Use two spaces (not one) to separate
"directory" from its description, so help2man formats
the derived man page properly.

15 years agodoc: add example .bashrc code for a ~/.dircolors file
Reuben Thomas [Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:25:04 +0000 (23:25 +0100)]
doc: add example .bashrc code for a ~/.dircolors file

* coreutils.texi: Add tip for .bashrc use from Jim Meyering.