...when run on a kernel older than what was implied by headers and
libraries tested at configure time.
* src/copy.c (utimens_symlink): Ignore failure when errno == ENOSYS.
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
Reported by Todd Zullinger and Kamil Dudka.
Details in this thread:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/119834
* tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr: Upon a set-up failiure, rather than
failing the test with a "framework failure" diagnostic, just skip it.
Russell Whitaker reported that this test failed on slackware.
* src/install.c (extra_mode): Be careful to return only a 0 or 1
value, since this is a "bool" function, and there are still some
compilers for which this is necessary. Without this change,
Bernhard Voelker reported that the Forte Developer 7 C 5.4 2002/03/09
compiler would produce a malfunctioning "install" binary. Details in
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/17710/focus=17760
Now that "make check" no longer builds programs like arch, ...
* src/Makefile.am (dist-hook): Depend on $(all_programs), so that the
subsequent build in man/ doesn't fail due to lack of a program like
arch that is not going to be installed.
* NEWS: Mention the change.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document the new --line-increment option.
* src/nl.c (struct option): Add --line-increment,
(usage): Describe it,
(main): Use it.
* src/Makefile.am (check): Don't depend on check-AUTHORS.
That check fails on systems for which a program like stdbuf is
not built. Instead, move this check to "make syntax-check".
(sc_check-AUTHORS): Rename rule from check-AUTHORS.
* cfg.mk (sc_check-AUTHORS): New rule.
Reported by Berhnard Voelker.
* src/sort.c (find_unit_order): Spell out 256-element static
initializer, rather than relying on C99 syntax.
Required for Forte Developer 7 C 5.4 2002/03/09 on Solaris 10.
Reported by Bernhard Voelker.
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): On systems without utimensat don't
use utimens on a symlink, as that would dereference the symlink.
* tests/cp/abuse: To work around possible attribute preservation
failures breaking the test, use cp -dR rather than cp -a.
* NEWS: Remove the description associated with the removed
experimental code which unconditionally tried to reflink() on copy.
Also clarify where --reflink works exactly.
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Remove the redundant and
incorrect error check of the return from inotify_add_watch().
Also initialize the wd member of each File_spec to an invalid value.
Reported by C de-Avillez.
* src/dd.c (main): Install the signal handlers at startup
rather than just before the copy starts. In this way signals
received before the copy (like during a slow truncate for e.g.)
will be deferred and handled consistently.
* THANKS: Add Bernhard's email address.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.
Reported by Bernhard Voelker.
* tests/tail-2/pid: Speed up the test by specifying a
timeout of 100ms rather than the default 1s. Also
skip the test instead of failing in the unlikely case
were the pid required to be missing pid is present.
* NEWS: Mention it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe it.
* src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [reflink]: New member.
* src/copy.c (usage): Describe it.
(copy_reg): If reflink is true try to clone the file.
(main): Check for --reflink.
(cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/install.c (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise.
* tests/cp/sparse: Add a new test case.
* src/dd.c: Include "ignore-value.h"
(iwrite): When disabling O_DIRECT, try to compensate
via POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED and fsync.
Suggested by Eric Sandeen.
* gl/lib/selinux-at.c: Remove file.
* gl/lib/selinux-at.h: Likewise.
* gl/modules/selinux-at: Likewise.
* gnulib: update to latest, to get the new module.
dd oflag=direct would fail to copy a file with size that is
not a multiple of 512 (destination file system specific)
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
* src/dd.c (iwrite): Turn off O_DIRECT for any
smaller-than-obs-sized write. Don't bother to restore it.
* tests/dd/direct: New test for the above.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add dd/direct.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention oflag=direct
buffer size restriction.
Details in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/17586
Reported by Eric Sandeen.
* src/copy.c (utimensat_if_possible): New function.
(copy_internal): Remove variable, "preserve_metadata".
Replace with "dest_is_symlink". That covers all cases but one:
the one in which cp --link has created hard links to non-directories.
In that case, there is no need to update attributes of the links.
Use utimensat_if_possible, to preserve timestamps of symlinks.
* NEWS (New features): Mention this.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add cp/preserve-slink-time.
* tests/cp/preserve-slink-time: New file.
* m4/jm-macros.m4 (coreutils_MACROS): Test for utimensat.
Reported in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/230866
* m4/jm-macros.m4: Pull in SELinux libraries while checking for
matchpathcon_init_prefix (). Emit configure warning when not found
with SELinux enabled.
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
The bug was introduced in coreutils-7.0 via commit 0647f3eb, 2008-06-02,
"accommodate older SELinux which lacks matchpathcon_init_prefix".
* gnulib: Update submodule to get latest maint.mk.
* Makefile.am (update-copyright): Remove rule; now it's in maint.mk.
* m4/check-decl.m4: Update sole remaining copyright year list.
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): The fractional
part of the delay was 1000 times too large.
* tests/tail-2/pid: Add a test to ensure the
timeout happens for this case.
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): If a PID is specified and the
watched process dies, exit with status EXIT_SUCCESS, rather than
falling through to an EXIT_FAILURE.
* build-aux/update-copyright: Handle the case in which "\n#"
appears between the final year number and the copyright holder name.
* m4/lib-check.m4: Update copyright year list.
Reported by Joel E. Denny.
* src/copy.c [HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H]: Include <sys/ioctl.h>.
(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, BTRFS_IOC_CLONE): Define.
(clone_file): New function.
(copy_reg): Use the btrfs clone operation if possible.
* Makefile.am (update-copyright): Relax the selection rule
to match any file containing the word "Copyright".
Correct the exclusion rule so that it also excludes ChangeLog
and COPYING files that are not in the top level directory.
Jim Meyering
Giuseppe Scrivano
Pádraig Brady
Kamil Dudka
Joel E. Denny