Pádraig Brady [Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:46:12 +0000 (00:46 +0100)]
doc: add a sort by line length example
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add an example showing how
to sort data not directly supported by the sort command.
Pádraig Brady [Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:17:24 +0000 (18:17 +0100)]
doc: mention realpath in the readlink info
* 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.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:16:41 +0000 (23:16 +0200)]
build: use a fixed-name temporary in man/Makefile.am
* man/Makefile.am (check-x-vs-1): Using a fixed-name temporary file
is better than one ending in -$$, because many -$$-suffixed files
may accumulate over time.
Kamil Dudka [Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:25:23 +0000 (10:25 +0200)]
doc: improve readlink description here, too
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Update menus.
Add @cindex entries.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:33:23 +0000 (09:33 +0200)]
readlink: improve one-line summary: prints canonical file names, too
* src/readlink.c (usage): Adjust one-line summary.
* man/readlink.x: Likewise.
Suggested by Kamil Dudka.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:39:06 +0000 (22:39 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:42:29 +0000 (20:42 +0200)]
doc: point to Guile's ChangeLog-writing guidelines
* HACKING (Commit log requirements): Point to Guile's
http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/changelogs/guile-changelogs_3.html.
Mention that a bit of prose can be welcome.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:43:25 +0000 (09:43 +0200)]
tail: adjust type of a local variable
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Declare "len" to be of type
size_t, not ssize_t, since the former is what safe_read returns.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:50:21 +0000 (15:50 +0200)]
tests: avoid false-positive cp/link-heap failure
* tests/cp/link-heap: Increase address space limit from 14000KB
to 16000KB, to avoid failure with Debian unstable's libc6-dev-2.9-19
Jim Meyering [Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:20:15 +0000 (15:20 +0200)]
build: avoid build warn/failure due to -Wstack-protector
* configure.ac: Do not enable -Wstack-protector.
Otherwise, at least df.c would provoke a warning.
Ondřej Vašík [Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:21:27 +0000 (17:21 +0100)]
copy.c: remove a duplicate expression
* src/copy.c (copy_attr_error): remove a redundant expression
added in commit
e0cf592f, 2009-04-27, "factor out test for errno ...".
Jim Meyering [Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:37:29 +0000 (22:37 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:49:46 +0000 (19:49 +0200)]
tail: use size_t for counter and index variables, ...
* src/tail.c (any_live_files): ... not "int" or even unsigned int
(tail_forever, tail_forever_inotify, main): Likewise.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:51:22 +0000 (19:51 +0200)]
tail: declare "file descriptor" variable to be "int", not size_t
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Use "int", not size_t
as the type of a file descriptor variable.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:41:39 +0000 (17:41 +0200)]
move argv-iter module to gnulib
* gl/lib/argv-iter.c: Remove file.
* gl/lib/argv-iter.h: Remove file.
* gl/modules/argv-iter: Remove file.
* gl/modules/argv-iter-tests: Remove file.
* gl/tests/test-argv-iter.c: Remove file.
* gnulib: Update submodule, to get argv-iter
Giuseppe Scrivano [Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:25:03 +0000 (10:25 +0200)]
tests: refactor code to use require_proc_pid_status_
* tests/tail-2/tail-n0f: Read the process status using the test-lib.sh
require_proc_pid_status_ function.
Giuseppe Scrivano [Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:14:31 +0000 (10:14 +0200)]
tests: use the "nobody" user's group as the default group id
* tests/chroot/credentials: Use the group id, not its name.
* tests/test-lib.sh (NON_ROOT_GROUP): Use the "nobody" user's group in
place of "nogroup".
Jim Meyering [Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:28:33 +0000 (20:28 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Pádraig Brady [Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:52:43 +0000 (00:52 +0100)]
sort: allow SI and IEC units on separate human sort fields
* src/sort.c: Store the si_present state per key rather than globally
* tests/misc/sort: Add a check that would have previously failed.
Also add a test to demonstrate that invalid IEC/SI mixtures are not
always noticed when they're not significant to the sort.
Giuseppe Scrivano [Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:38:46 +0000 (23:38 +0200)]
tail: avoid an inotify portability problem in kernels prior to 2.6.21
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Handle the special case in which
an old inotify watcher returns 0. Affects kernels in [2.6.13, 2.6.21).
Jim Meyering [Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:10:27 +0000 (17:10 +0200)]
tests: tail-2/wait: rename internal file name
* tests/tail-2/wait: Rename file from not_accessible to unreadable,
since all the test cares about is readability.
Giuseppe Scrivano [Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:40:40 +0000 (23:40 +0200)]
tests: tail-2/wait: don't fail when run as root
* tests/tail-2/wait: Ensure that the unreadable file really is not
readable before trying to run "tail -f" on it.
Pádraig Brady [Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:07:19 +0000 (15:07 +0100)]
doc: update the info on sort -b and -k
* 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.
Pádraig Brady [Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:51:34 +0000 (09:51 +0100)]
maint: generalize the development prerequisites docs
* README-hacking: Add a little more high level info and
merge notes on specific developer prerequisites into README-prereq
* README-prereq: Remove the Fedora 8 specific information
and generalize the information to be applicable to any system.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:43:26 +0000 (20:43 +0200)]
tail: add comments noting potential inotify-related problems
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Add two FIXME comments.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:16:28 +0000 (12:16 +0200)]
maint: bootstrap: merge changes from gnulib
* bootstrap: Indent using spaces, not TABs.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:25:13 +0000 (11:25 +0200)]
maint: bootstrap: sync submodule usage from gnulib
* bootstrap: Config for git submodule use only if .gitmodules exists.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:17:50 +0000 (11:17 +0200)]
maint: bootstrap: split a few long lines
* bootstrap (found_aux_dir): Avoid lines longer than 80 columns.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:06:52 +0000 (17:06 +0200)]
maint: don't change COPYING
* COPYING: Don't modify Copyright date list in imported file.
This file is one of very few exceptions in that we version-control it,
even though its primary source is another package.
Spotted by Eric Blake.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:33:59 +0000 (13:33 +0200)]
maint: add a rule to automate the annual copyright-year-update process
* build-aux/update-copyright: New file.
* Makefile.am (changelog_etc): Add update-copyright.
(update-copyright): New rule.
Pádraig Brady [Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:48:49 +0000 (01:48 +0100)]
stdbuf: fix to stop -i option causing an assertion
* src/stdbuf.c (main): Fix the array bounds check in the assert
* tests/misc/stdbuf: Add a test for all standard streams
Pádraig Brady [Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:41:05 +0000 (14:41 +0100)]
doc: clarify the tail inotify NEWS
* NEWS: Say why inotify was used
Jim Meyering [Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:33:15 +0000 (22:33 +0200)]
maint: update all Copyright year lists to include 2009
Jim Meyering [Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:30:29 +0000 (22:30 +0200)]
maint: remove old TODO files
* lib/TODO: Remove file.
* tests/join/TODO: Likewise.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:54:38 +0000 (16:54 +0200)]
doc: README-hacking tweak
* README-hacking: Move the "While building..." sentence down
to where it belongs.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:53:43 +0000 (16:53 +0200)]
tests: tail-2/pid: include more info upon failure
* tests/tail-2/pid: Print unexpected $state upon failing.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:48:59 +0000 (14:48 +0200)]
doc: typo fix in README-hacking
* README-hacking: Fix a typo.
Don't make building from a git-cloned tree sound so hard.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:06:42 +0000 (00:06 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib (hash module updates; maint.mk tweak)
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:17:19 +0000 (16:17 +0200)]
doc: fix a typo
* doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Insert missing "to".
Pádraig Brady [Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:30:03 +0000 (11:30 +0000)]
stdbuf: A new program to run a command with modified stdio buffering
* 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.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:10:50 +0000 (09:10 +0200)]
doc: cp: describe an oddity of combining -H/-L and --preserve=links
* 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.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:37:42 +0000 (19:37 +0200)]
maint: revert last change: we're not ready for "local" in scripts, yet
Revert "use a local var: more readable"
This reverts commit
c0d82452883a10911c9cbc69c84144d99b7e6b08.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:43:16 +0000 (14:43 +0200)]
use a local var: more readable
Giuseppe Scrivano [Tue, 2 Jun 2009 06:28:23 +0000 (08:28 +0200)]
tail: use inotify if it is available
* NEWS: Document the new feature.
* m4/jm-macros.m4: Check if inotify is present.
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): New function.
(main): Use the inotify-based function, if possible.
* tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests for tail.
* tests/test-lib.sh (require_proc_pid_status_, get_process_status_):
New functions.
* tests/tail-2/pid: New file.
* tests/tail-2/wait: New file.
* tests/tail-2/tail-n0f: Refactor code into the test-lib.sh
require_proc_pid_status_ function.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:36:48 +0000 (16:36 +0200)]
diag: say "failed to...", rather than "cannot..." in a few diagnostics
* src/chroot.c (main): ...it's more precise.
* src/nohup.c (main): Likewise.
* src/setuidgid.c (main): Likewise.
* src/timeout.c (main): Likewise.
Cliff Miller [Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:30:32 +0000 (18:30 +0100)]
sort: Ignore fields where end position is before the start position
* NEWS: Mention the fix
* THANKS: Add Cliff Miller
* src/sort.c (keycompare): Ensure lima >= texta
* tests/misc/sort: Add 3 corresponding tests
Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Pádraig Brady [Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:34:21 +0000 (11:34 +0100)]
tests: ls --color, permissions override hardlink coloring
* tests/ls/multihardlink: Add a test case to demonstrate
and test this non obvious behavior.
Kamil Dudka [Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:44:43 +0000 (19:44 +0200)]
ls --color: do not colorize files with multiple hard links by default
* src/ls.c: Rename hl->mh, do not colorize files with multiple
hard links by default.
* src/dircolors.c: Rename HARDLINK -> MULTIHARDLINK, hl -> mh.
* src/dircolors.hin: Do not colorize files with multiple hard links by
default.
* tests/Makefile.am: Rename the test case accordingly.
* tests/ls/multihardlink: Additionally test ls' default behavior
and factor out some duplication.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Pádraig Brady [Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:42:00 +0000 (08:42 +0100)]
maint: Add a syntax-check to ensure all .x-sc_ files are distributed
* Makefile.am: Add a couple of missing entries to
syntax_check_exceptions for distribution.
* cfg.mk: Add a rule to ensure the syntax_check_exceptions list
stays in sync with the .x-sc_* files in the repository.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Jun 2009 10:54:18 +0000 (12:54 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Jun 2009 11:55:43 +0000 (13:55 +0200)]
sort: die immediately upon heap allocation failure
* src/sort.c (register_proc): Handle hash_insert failure.
Mike Frysinger [Thu, 7 May 2009 19:29:23 +0000 (15:29 -0400)]
dircolors: add screen-256color-bce to TERM list
* src/dircolors.hin: Add screen-256color-bce.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:28:34 +0000 (18:28 +0200)]
doc: HACKING: minor adjustments, additions
* HACKING (Amending...): Remove spurious "-e" used with commit --amend.
(log message policy): Mention the 72-column limit.
"build:" and "maint:" are common prefixes, these days.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:31:16 +0000 (22:31 +0200)]
doc: adjust wording in README-prereq
Jim Meyering [Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:48:38 +0000 (21:48 +0200)]
dircolors: recognize .xz, .txz, .tbz and .tlz suffixes
* src/dircolors.hin: Add .xz, .txz, .tbz and .tlz.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:44:11 +0000 (21:44 +0200)]
doc: use newer URL for XZ utils
* README-hacking: Use <http://tukaani.org/xz/>
* README-prereq: Mention xz, not lzma.
Matěj Cepl [Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:02:01 +0000 (01:02 +0100)]
doc: adjust README-prereq instructions
* README-prereq: Mention new requirement on automake-1.11,
with its new location and updated dependency on autoconf-2.62.
Remove the reference to coreutils-7.0 so that this file
implicitly refers to the latest or release version of coreutils.
Fix and clarify the instructions for updating the $PATH.
Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Jim Meyering [Tue, 2 Jun 2009 05:52:02 +0000 (07:52 +0200)]
doc: HACKING: mention the GNU Coding Standards
* HACKING (Add documentation): Add a link to the GCS.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 31 May 2009 13:18:16 +0000 (15:18 +0200)]
build: no longer list gnulib's "memchr" module as obsolete
* bootstrap.conf (obsolete_gnulib_modules): Remove memchr from
the list, now that it fixes a problem in some modern C libraries.
(gnulib_modules): Add it here.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 31 May 2009 07:52:51 +0000 (09:52 +0200)]
build: make generated man/*.1 files read-only
This should help people notice that they are generated.
Note: each file already has a comment to that effect from help2man.
* man/Makefile.am (.x.1): Make generated files read-only.
Also, don't redirect directly to the target, $@.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:23:50 +0000 (22:23 +0200)]
build (man/): use automake's new $(AM_V_GEN) variable
* man/Makefile.am (.x.1, check-x-vs-1, check-programs-vs-x):
Mark with $(AM_V_GEN), so that automake-1.11 prints
"GEN $@" by default (stick with "GEN" in spite of the latter two
rules not officially generating anything -- they're just tests).
Jim Meyering [Fri, 29 May 2009 06:44:56 +0000 (08:44 +0200)]
chroot: make --groups= work without --userspec=; be more robust
* src/chroot.c (set_additional_groups): Add comments.
Given an empty or all-comma group list, diagnose it and return nonzero.
When more than one group is invalid, diagnose all of them,
not just the first.
(main): Honor --groups= also when --userspec= is not specified.
Now that set_additional_groups consistently diagnoses its failures,
don't diagnose it separately here.
* tests/chroot/credentials: Do not invoke with an empty group list.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 27 May 2009 21:06:15 +0000 (23:06 +0200)]
chroot: don't set bogus user-ID or group-ID for --u=U: or --u=:G
* src/chroot.c (main): Initialize both "uid" and "gid". To -1.
This also allows one to set the user-ID or primary group-ID to 0,
in case it's not that already.
* tests/chroot/credentials: Test for the above.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 27 May 2009 20:06:04 +0000 (22:06 +0200)]
chroot: set-*-ID failure must provoke nonzero exit before execvp
* src/chroot.c (main): Exit upon set-group-ID or set-user-ID failure.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 28 May 2009 20:36:05 +0000 (22:36 +0200)]
tests: use "nobody" as the default group name in chroot test
* tests/test-lib.sh (NON_ROOT_GROUP): Use "nobody", not "nogroup".
Jim Meyering [Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:33:49 +0000 (16:33 +0200)]
build: make distcheck rules use --enable-gcc-warnings
* dist-check.mk (warn_cflags): Remove definition, now that it's
been subsumed by --enable-gcc-warnings.
(my-distcheck): Use configure with --enable-gcc-warnings and remove
use of $(warn_cflags).
Eric Blake [Wed, 20 May 2009 12:32:10 +0000 (06:32 -0600)]
head, tail: make --help less ambiguous
* 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.
Michael Speer [Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:51:29 +0000 (14:51 +0100)]
sort: new --human-numeric-sort option to sort KiB MB etc.
* 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
Giuseppe Scrivano [Fri, 1 May 2009 21:50:11 +0000 (23:50 +0200)]
chroot: accept new options --userspec=U:G and --groups=G1,G2,G3
* 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.
Pádraig Brady [Fri, 15 May 2009 16:28:51 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
doc: clarify the operation of the comm -123 parameters
* 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.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 18 May 2009 05:06:34 +0000 (07:06 +0200)]
build: require automake-1.11
* bootstrap.conf (buildreq): Require automake-1.11, not 1.10b,
for our use of AM_SILENT_RULES.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Likewise.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 17 May 2009 15:49:24 +0000 (17:49 +0200)]
maint: HACKING: mention a few more useful git commands
* HACKING (Miscellaneous useful git commands): Add a few.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 17 May 2009 13:22:11 +0000 (15:22 +0200)]
build: avoid new "make distcheck" failure with gcc 4.5.0
20090517
* dist-check.mk (warn_cflags): Add -Wno-enum-compare.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 17 May 2009 11:47:39 +0000 (13:47 +0200)]
build: avoid new warnings from gcc 4.5.0
20090517
* configure.ac: Add an explicit -Wno-logical-op,
now that not listing -Wlogical-op is insufficient.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 17 May 2009 11:02:25 +0000 (13:02 +0200)]
maint: use ARRAY_CARDINALITY more
* src/sort.c (main): Use ARRAY_CARDINALITY, rather than open-coding it.
* src/factor.c (WHEEL_END): Likewise.
* src/csplit.c (main): Likewise.
* src/od.c: Likewise,
* src/ls.c (main): Likewise.
(N_ENTRIES): Remove definition. Use ARRAY_CARDINALITY instead.
* src/dircolors.c: Likewise.
(array_len): Remove definition.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 17 May 2009 10:47:24 +0000 (12:47 +0200)]
build: tr: avoid a warning due to newer gcc's -Wenum-compare
* src/tr.c (N_CHAR_CLASSES): Remove anonymous enum definition.
(look_up_char_class): Use ARRAY_CARDINALITY, rather than N_CHAR_CLASSES.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 17 May 2009 11:01:37 +0000 (13:01 +0200)]
maint: define ARRAY_CARDINALITY in system.h
* src/system.h (ARRAY_CARDINALITY): Define if not already defined.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 17 May 2009 09:43:21 +0000 (11:43 +0200)]
build: turn off -Wlong-long
* configure.ac: With --enable-gcc-warnings, -Wlong-long would
cause compilation failure due to inclusion of lib/gethrxtime.h.
Initialize "nw".
Jim Meyering [Fri, 15 May 2009 13:04:52 +0000 (15:04 +0200)]
maint: cfg.mk: remove now-unnecessary gnulib_dir definition
* cfg.mk (gnulib_dir): Remove definition, now that gnulib's
maint.mk provides the default we want.
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Pádraig Brady [Fri, 15 May 2009 06:50:35 +0000 (07:50 +0100)]
tests: fix date-next-dow failure on older systems
* tests/misc/date-next-dow: In the strftime call use %Y-%m-%d
rather than the newer %F equivalent which is not available
on Solaris 8 for example.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 14 May 2009 07:55:44 +0000 (09:55 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib, for rename.m4 fix, improved tests, etc.
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 14 May 2009 07:54:22 +0000 (09:54 +0200)]
maint: README-release: minor improvements
* README-release: Mention gnu_ftp_host-{alpha,...} settings in cfg.mk.
Now that XZ_OPT is set via maint.mk, don't mention it here.
Eric Blake [Thu, 7 May 2009 20:27:37 +0000 (14:27 -0600)]
truncate: fix bug in use of isspace
* src/truncate.c (main): Pass unsigned characters to isspace.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 7 May 2009 13:52:50 +0000 (15:52 +0200)]
post-release administrivia
* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 7 May 2009 13:35:19 +0000 (15:35 +0200)]
version 7.4
* NEWS (Build-related): Mention make check fixes.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 7 May 2009 13:17:53 +0000 (15:17 +0200)]
admin: update NEWS
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention the date-related fixes.
(Portability): Mention the ACL-related fixes on *BSD.
Pádraig Brady [Tue, 5 May 2009 11:00:15 +0000 (12:00 +0100)]
doc: note the use of LC_COLLATE in comm, join and uniq
* 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
Jim Meyering [Tue, 5 May 2009 05:54:47 +0000 (07:54 +0200)]
tests: rm/one-file-system: umount more reliably
* tests/rm/one-file-system: Run umount via trap, so it runs
also upon irregular termination.
Andreas Schwab [Tue, 5 May 2009 05:13:46 +0000 (07:13 +0200)]
tests: fix typo in check-AUTHORS rule
* src/Makefile.am (check-AUTHORS): Set locale.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 4 May 2009 05:47:56 +0000 (07:47 +0200)]
build: use a gnulib SHA1 that is not private
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest *public*.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 4 May 2009 05:10:12 +0000 (07:10 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib, for ACL-related fixes
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
David Bartley [Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:48:15 +0000 (03:48 -0400)]
mv, rm: adapt to new and improved gnulib interfaces
Use gnulib's new priv-set module and updated write-any-file.
With them, the remove-called can_write_any_file function no
longer tries to drop the unlink-directory privilege, so now
each caller of remove must do that separately, calling
priv_set_remove_linkdir.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add priv-set.
* src/rm.c: Include "priv-set.h".
(main): Call priv_set_remove_linkdir.
* src/mv.c (main): Likewise.
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 2 May 2009 19:56:25 +0000 (21:56 +0200)]
tests: correct the "make check"-run check-AUTHORS test
* src/Makefile.am (check-AUTHORS): Revert back to using
en_US.UTF-8, to ease parsing (English-only) text around the
list of names, even when .po files are not installed.
Reported by Andreas Schwab.
Along the way, use $(AM_V_GEN), not "@".
(sc_tight_scope): Use $(AM_V_GEN) here, too.
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest, for the proper_name_utf8 fix
that makes --version output print the UTF-8 rendering of author names
in more cases.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 3 May 2009 04:21:48 +0000 (06:21 +0200)]
tests: add tests of e.g., date -d 'next monday'
* tests/misc/date-next-dow: New file.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/date-next-dow.
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest, for getdate.y that
handles "next Monday" properly when run on a Monday.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 1 May 2009 16:19:19 +0000 (18:19 +0200)]
post-release administrivia
* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 1 May 2009 16:03:50 +0000 (18:03 +0200)]
version 7.3
* NEWS: Record release date.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 1 May 2009 15:55:11 +0000 (17:55 +0200)]
maint: tweak release-building notes
* README-release: Specify -j1 on the command to run all tests.
Otherwise, running some in parallel would cause failures, e.g.,
for rm/ext3-perf and tail-2/assert-2.
Eric Blake [Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:18:49 +0000 (13:18 -0600)]
stdopen: remove unused code
* m4/stdopen.m4: Delete now-unused file.
* lib/stdopen.h: Likewise.
* lib/stdopen.c: Likewise.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:23:49 +0000 (17:23 +0200)]
build: update from gnulib, for fixed lib/signbitl.c
* gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:50:40 +0000 (13:50 +0200)]
build: "make check" now fails in a friendlier manner for missing Perl
* doc/Makefile.am (sc-lower-case-var): Don't redirect stderr of
$(PERL) (which is sometimes build-aux/missing) to /dev/null,
so that a failing "make check" explains that Perl is not installed.
Reported by James Youngman.