Previously we copied `dd` and suppressed error messages
when truncating neither regular files or shared mem objects.
This was valid for `dd`, as truncation is ancillary to copying
it may also do, but for `truncate` we should display all errors.
Also we used the st_size from non regular files which is undefined,
so we display an error when the user tries this.
* src/truncate (do_truncate): Error when referencing the size
of non regular files or non shared memory objects. Display all
errors returned by ftruncate().
(main): Error when referencing the size of non regular files or
non shared memory objects. Don't suppress error messages for
any file types that can't be opened for writing.
* tests/misc/truncate-dir-fail: Check that referencing the
size of a directory is not supported.
* tests/misc/truncate-fifo: Ensure the test doesn't hang
by using the `timeout` command. Don't test the return from
running ftruncate on the fifo as it's system dependent as
to whether this fails or not.
NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Reported by Jim Meyering.
* doc/coreutils.texi (truncate invocation): Mention that --reference
bases the --size rather than just setting it.
* src/truncate.c (usage): Likewise. Also remove the clause
describing --size and --reference as being mutually exclusive.
(do_truncate): Add an extra parameter to hold the size
of a referenced file, and use it if positive.
(main): Pass the size of a referenced file to do_truncate().
* tests/misc/truncate-parameters: Adjust for the new combinations.
* NEWS: Mention the change
Suggested by Richard W.M. Jones
* src/sort.c (key_warnings): Always warn about significant leading
blanks when character offsets are specified, unless they key is
possibly a line offset, i.e. of the form -k1.x,1.y. Also suppress
this warning if the user could be sorting right aligned indexes.
* tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Initialize skip, to avoid a syntax error
in subsequent "test".
Remove redirect-to-/dev/null, now that output is always to a log file.
* src/sort.c (usage): Mention --debug can output warnings to stderr.
Also split the translatable string to aid translation.
(default_key_compare): A new function refactored from main(),
and now also called from the new key_warnings() function.
(key_to_opts): A new function refactored from incompatible_options(),
and now also called from the new key_warnings() function.
(key_numeric): A new function refactored to test if key is numeric.
(key_warnings): A new function to output warnings to stderr,
about questionable use of various options. Currently it warns
about zero length keys and ineffective global options.
(incompatible_options): Refactor out key_to_opts()
(main): Use key_init() to initialize gkey. Refactor out
default_key_compare(). Call key_warnings() in debug mode.
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention that warnings
are output by --debug.
* tests/misc/sort-debug-warn: A new test for debug warnings.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature
* src/sort (usage): Add description for --debug.
(write_bytes): Pass a line structure so it can subsequently
be passed to compare to highlight the keys when in debug mode.
Also transform TAB and NUL characters written to stdout so
that the highlighting in debug mode aligns correctly.
(human_numcompare): Pass an "endptr" so we can record the extent
of the number matched.
(general_numcompare): Likewise.
(find_unit_order): Likewise.
(getmonth): Likewise.
(numcompare): Likewise. Note we reuse find_unit_order() for this,
which is a good enough approximation, and means we don't need to
change the strnumcmp() interface.
(check_mixed_SI_IEC): Return whether iec_present, so that can be
used to set the "endptr" in find_unit_order. Also make the key
parameter optional, which will be the case from numcompare().
(count_tabs): A new function to determine how much to adjust
the mbswidth() values by (TABs don't have a width).
(mark_key): A new function to output the key highlighting to stdout.
(debug_key): A new function to determine the offset and width
of the key highlighting.
(key_compare): Pass the show_debug parameter so the key highlighting
is only displayed when explicitly called. For each key type, set
the length (lena) and whether leading blanks are auto skipped (skipb)
which are then used by debug_key() to highlight the portion of the
key used in the comparison.
(compare): Pass the show_debug parameter so the key highlighting
is only displayed when explicitly called. Call debug_key() to
highlight the last resort comparison.
(check): Output highlighting for disorder line to stdout.
(main): Process the --debug option and make it mutually exlusive
with the -o option as I don't see it useful there, even potentially
harmful if someone left a --debug in by mistake when updating a file.
Also restricting debug output to stdout, simplifies the logic
for dealing with temporary files.
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Describe the --debug option,
and reference it from the --key description.
* tests/misc/sort-debug-keys: A new test for highlighting keys.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* cfg.mk (.re-defmac): Generate better regexps: allow white space
before the '#', and append a word-boundary requirement.
Without the latter, #define NULL_DEV ... would evoke a false-positive.
* cfg.mk (sc_always_defined_macros): Adjust its helpers not to depend
on the existence of ./lib. Instead, extract symbols directly from
gnulib/lib/*.in.h files.
using the new --mail-headers option to gnulib's announce-gen, and
the updated maint.mk rules to connect the pieces.
* README-release: Remove hard-coded To:, Cc: etc. parts, now
that they're emitted automatically into the announcement template.
* cfg.mk (announcement_Cc_): Override the default.
* gnulib: Update to latest, to get newer announce-gen and maint.mk.
* cfg.mk (gl_trap_): Define, using a loop and eval'd trap,
rather than repeated "trap" uses. Also handle "13", SIGPIPE.
(sc_always_defined_macros): Use it.
(sc_system_h_headers): Likewise.
* cfg.mk (gl_generated_headers_): Define.
(headers_with_interesting_macro_defs): Remove headers covered
by the above.
(.re-defmac): Extract symbol names from many more files.
(sc_always_defined_macros): Use VC_LIST_EXCEPT, not VC_LIST, so
that we can use the usual exception mechanism.
Test for $(gnulib_dir), not system.h.
* .x-sc_always_defined_macros: New file. Exempt src/seq.c.
* Makefile.am (syntax_check_exceptions): Add it here.
* src/dd.c (SA_NODEFER, SA_RESETHAND): Remove definitions,
now that gnulib guarantees they are defined in <signal.h>.
* src/ls.c (SA_RESTART): Likewise.
* src/timeout.c (WIFSIGNALED, WTERMSIG): Remove definitions,
now that gnulib guarantees they are defined in <sys/wait.h>.
* src/operand2sig.c: Likewise.
* src/kill.c: Likewise.
* src/sort.c (general_numcompare): Use long doubles unconditionally,
and strtold when available, to convert numbers with greater range and
precision. Performance was seen to be on par with standard doubles.
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Amend the -g description to
mention long double rather than double, and strtold rather than strtod.
* src/getlimits.c (main): Output floating point limits for use in tests.
* tests/misc/sort-float: A new test to ensure sort is using long
doubles when possible, and that locale specific floats are handled.
* tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test.
* tests/test-lib.sh (getlimits_): Normalize indenting.
* NEWS: Mention the new behaviour.
Reported by Nelson Beebe.
* doc/coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Don't say that "factoring
large prime numbers is hard". A pedant might ding you, since it's
trivial to factor a number that is known to be prime. Instead, say
that "factoring large numbers... is hard". Reported by Andreas Eder.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add the following:
netinet_in, sys_ioctl, sys_wait, so that we can eliminate
the #if HAVE_<header>_H tests guarding their header inclusions.
The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly.
* cfg.mk (sc_always_defined_macros, sc_system_h_headers): Set
the exit code in signal handler explicitly to 128 + SIG<SIGNAL>.
* src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Likewise.
* tests/test-lib.sh: Likewise.
Necessary for cygwin. Technically, this patch is not correct,
in that it clobbers O_APPEND, but it is no different than any
other use of xfreopen to force binary mode, so all such uses
should be fixed at once in a later patch.
* src/base64.c (main): Open input in binary mode.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Yutaka Amanai.
