* src/comm.c (compare_files): Handle the single character
--output-delimeter case separately so that NUL is appropriately
handled.
* doc/coreutils.texi (comm invocation): Fix the description
of --output-delimiter to say an empty delimeter is treated
as a NUL separator, rather than being disallowed.
* tests/misc/comm.pl: Add a test case.
Reported at https://bugs.debian.org/1014008
* src/runcon.c: Use EXIT_CANCELED (125) instead of EXIT_FAILURE (1),
so that errors specific to runcon can be distinguished,
from those of the invoked program.
* doc/coreutils.texi (runcon invocation): Fix the Exit status
description to say we return 125 (not 127) for internal errors.
* tests/misc/runcon-no-reorder.sh: Add a test case.
* src/ls.c (usage): Don't mention "modification" in the
description of ctime (-c), as it's confusing with mtime.
Mention "metadata" when discussing "change" time to
disambiguate from data change time.
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): State that --time=creation
falls back to using mtime where not available.
This behaviour is correctly documented when doing `cp --help`.
There is no `--reflink=when` option.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Fix document stating
that `--reflink` is equivalent to `--reflink=always`.
It's useful to treat empty and missing arguments differently.
Missing means all signals, while empty means no signals and
so is a no-op. It's useful to treat empty arguments like
this, so that dynamically specified arguments like the following
are supported
env --ignore-signals "$SIGS_TO_IGNORE"
Note `env --ignore-signals=` is treated as an empty argument.
* doc/coreutils.texi (env invocation): Empty args are treated
differently to missing arguments, so call that out explicitly.
* src/env.c (usage): Likewise.
Addresses https://bugs.debian.org/1016049
* src/date.c (usage): Specify that --date, --file, --reference,
and --resolution are mutually exclusive. This is also useful
documentation to group similar options.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Options for date): Likewise.
Addresses https://bugs.gnu.org/55401
When factoring numbers that have a large 2^n factor, it can be hard to
eyeball just how many 2's there are. Add an option to print each prime
power factor in the p^e format (omitting the exponent when it is 1).
* src/factor.c: Add -h, --exponents option for printing in p^e format.
* doc/coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Document the new option.
* tests/misc/factor.pl: Add test case.
* THANKS.in: Add previous suggester
(https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2017-11/msg00015.html).
Suggested-by: Emanuel Landeholm <emanuel.landeholm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>
* doc/coreutils.texi: Set txicodequoteundirected and
txicodequotebacktick so that ' and ` in code examples appear
as-is, rather than being transliterated to ’ and ‘. E.g., prefer
“... this is equivalent to ‘tr '\303\266' '\305\201'’ and ...” to
“... this is equivalent to ‘tr ’\303\266’ ’\305\201’’ and ...”
in PDF output.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Character arrays): Avoid using shell
notation like $'\u7530' since this isn’t in POSIX yet. Instead,
use ö and Ł which should work in all texinfo output formats.
This option has changed from ignoring only ENOTEMPTY|EEXIST
(i.e. ignore errors _solely_ due to dir not empty),
to ignoring some other errors from more protected dirs
that are not empty. That adjustment was made to better
support use with --parents, to essentially remove as much of
a hierarchy as possible, without erroring as we hit more
protected non empty parent dirs.
That functionality adjustment was originally discussed at:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-coreutils/2008-01/msg00283.html
* src/rmdir.c (usage): Adjust to be more accurate to current behavior.
Also adjust --parents option to be easier to read.
* doc/coreutils.texi (rmdir invocation): Likewise.
Reported at https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/issues/40
Avoid "Unicode character U+#1 not supported, sorry" error
when converting from texi to dvi or pdf.
* doc/coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Avoid the @U{XXXX}
texi representation, as even though info and html can represent
these characters directly, there are conversion errors
for pdf and dvi. Instead use the more abstract shell
$'\uXXXX' representation.
* doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): For the --compare option,
clarify that the ownership or permissions of the source files don't
matter. Also don't imply --owner or --group need to be specified
for --compare to be effective.
* src/install.c (usage): Add more detail on what's being compared.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/50889
* src/test.c (usage): State that -rwx is determined by
user access, rather than permission bits.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Access permission tests): Likewise.
* man/test.x [SEE ALSO]: access(2).
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/54338
Revert to the default behavior before the introduction of statx().
* src/stat.c (do_stat): Set AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT without --cached=never.
* doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Mention the automount
behavior with --cached=never.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/54287
This implements my suggestion in Bug#54112.
* src/dd.c (usage): Document the change.
(parse_integer, scanargs): Implement the change.
Omit some now-obsolete checks for invalid flags.
* tests/dd/bytes.sh: Test the new behavior, while retaining
checks for the now-obsolete usage.
* tests/dd/nocache_eof.sh: Avoid now-obsolete usage.
Alias iseek=N to skip=N, oseek=N to seek=N (Bug#45648).
* src/dd.c (scanargs): Parse iseek= and oseek=.
* tests/dd/skip-seek.pl (sk-seek5): New test case.
Problem reported by Dan Jacobson (Bug#48248).
* doc/coreutils.texi (tr invocation): Improve documentation for
tr's failure to support multibyte characters POSIX-style.
* doc/coreutils.texi (tr invocation), src/tr.c (usage):
Use terminology closer to POSIX's.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dircolors invocation): Describe the new
--print-ls-colors option.
* src/dircolors.c (print_ls_colors): A new global to select
between shell or terminal output.
(append_entry): A new function refactored from dc_parse_stream()
to append the entry in the appropriate format.
(dc_parse_stream): Adjust to call append_entry().
* tests/misc/dircolors.pl: Add test cases.
This also affects ls -v in some corner cases.
Problems reported by Michael Debertol <https://bugs.gnu.org/49239>.
While looking into this, I spotted some more areas where the
code and documentation did not agree, or where the documentation
was unclear. In some cases I changed the code; in others
the documentation. I hope things are nailed down better now.
* doc/sort-version.texi: Distinguish more carefully between
characters and bytes. Say that non-identical strings can
compare equal, since they now can. Improve readability in
various ways. Make it clearer that a suffix can be the
entire string.
* src/ls.c (cmp_version): Fall back on strcmp if filevercmp
reports equality, since filevercmp is no longer a total order.
* src/sort.c (keycompare): Use filenvercmp, to treat NULs correctly.
* tests/misc/ls-misc.pl (v_files):
Adjust test to match new behavior.
* tests/misc/sort-version.sh: Add tests for stability,
and for sorting with NUL bytes.
* doc/coreutils.texi, doc/sort-version.texi:
Capitalize “Coreutils”.
* doc/sort-version.texi: Don’t emphasize natural sort so much,
since Coreutils has just version sort.
Use the term “lexicographic” instead of “alphabetic” or “standard”.
Suggest combining ‘V’ with ‘b’, and show why ‘b’ is needed.
Use shorter titles for sections, as GNU Emacs displays info poorly
when titles are too long to fit in a line.
Use @samp instead of @code for samples of data.
Do not use @samp{@code{...}}; @samp{...} should suffice and
double-nesting looks bad with Emacs.
Omit blank lines in examples that would not be present
in actual shell sessions.
Quote with `` and '', not with " or with '.
Mention dpkg --compare-versions more prominently.
Don’t rely on "\n" being equivalent to "\\n" in shell args.
Prefer Unicode name for hyphen-minus.
* doc/coreutils.texi (date invocation): Remove @var{...} usage,
as that capitalizes in the representation and thus somewhat
ambiguates the format wrt Month and Minute. This also avoids
a syntax check failure about redundant capitalization in @var{}.
Problem reported by Dan Jacobson (Bug#51288).
* doc/coreutils.texi (date invocation, Setting the time)
(Options for date):
* src/date.c (usage): Improve doc.
Problem reported by Sworddragon (Bug#51345).
* src/dd.c (cleanup): Synchronize output unless dd has been interrupted.
(synchronize_output): New function, split out from dd_copy.
Update conversions_mask so synchronization is done at most once.
(main): Do not die with the output file open, since we want to be
able to synchronize it before exiting. Synchronize output before
exiting.
Run "make update-copyright" and then...
* gnulib: Update to latest with copyright year adjusted.
* tests/init.sh: Sync with gnulib to pick up copyright year.
* bootstrap: Likewise.
* tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
mainly to get updated copyright year
* doc/fdl.texi: Sync from gnulib.
* .gitignore: Add lib/unictype, as bitmap.h therein is depended on
since gnulib commit f698ea71
* NEWS, doc/coreutils.texi (Options for date): Mention this.
* src/date.c (RESOLUTION_OPTION): New constant.
(DEBUG_DATE_PARSING_OPTION): Rename from DEBUG_DATE_PARSING.
All uses changed.
(long_options, usage, main): Support --resolution.
* NEWS, doc/coreutils.texi: Mention this.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add gettime-res.
* src/date.c (res_width, adjust_resolution): New functions.
(main): Adjust %-N to be %9N, or whatever, before using it.
Living so close to Hollywood I know that "colorize"
means adding color to something that was already monochrome,
whereas "color" means to give color to something.
Coreutils apps color text instead of colorizing it.
* src/echo.c (usage): Say printf(1) is preferred
due to being more standard and robust.
* man/echo.x [SEE ALSO]: Reference printf(1).
* doc/coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Mention in the
summary that echo is not robust when outputting
any string, and that printf is preferred.
Also expand on the examples showing how to
output a single '-n' string.
Addresses https://bugs.gnu.org/51311
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Clarify
that -k is ignored if either its duration or the
main timeout duration is 0.
Addresses https://bugs.gnu.org/51128
* src/timeout.c (main): Propagate the killed status from the child.
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Remove the
description of the --foreground specific handling of SIGKILL,
now that it's consistent with the default mode of operation.
* tests/misc/timeout.sh: Add a test case.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/51135
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Add detail on
how --foreground allows timeout(1) to use more standard
exit status as the uncatchable SIGKILL is not sent to itself.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/51135
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation - general output formatting):
The option ordering was not changed when the option was renamed
from --null to --zero.
* src/digest.c: Allow using the --untagged option with --check,
so that `cksum -a md5 --untagged` used to emulate md5sum for example,
may be augmented with the --check option. Also support the --tag
option with cksum, to allow overriding a previous --untagged setting.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Adjust accordingly.
* tests/misc/cksum-a.sh: Likewise.
Support checksum files with CRLF line endings,
which is a common gotcha for using --check on windows,
or with checksum files generated on windows.
Note we escape \r here to support the original coreutils format
(with file name at EOL), and file names with literal
\r characters as the last character of their name.
* src/digest.c (filename_unescape): Convert \\r -> \r.
(print_filename): Escape \r -> \\r.
(output_file): Detect \r chars in file names.
(digest_check): Ignore literal \r char at EOL.
* tests/misc/md5sum.pl: Add a test case.
* tests/misc/sha1sum.pl: Likewise.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
This only practically matters on windows.
But given there are separate text handling options in cygwin,
keep the interface simple, and avoid exposing the
confusing binary/text difference here.
* doc/coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Mention that
--binary and --text are not supported by the cksum command.
* src/digest.c: Set flag to use binary mode by default.
(output_file): Don't distinguish text and binary modes with
' ' and '*', and just use ' ' always.
This format is a better default, since it results in simpler usage,
as you don't need to specify --tag on generation or -a on
checking invocations. Also it's a more general format supporting
mixed and length adjusted digests.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cksum invocation): Document a new --untagged
option, to use the older coreutils format.
(md5sum invocation): Mention that cksum doesn't support --tag.
* src/digest.c: Adjust cksum(1) to default to --tag,
and accept the new --untagged option.
* tests/misc/b2sum.sh: Adjust accordingly.
* tests/misc/cksum-a.sh: Likewise.
* tests/misc/cksum-c.sh: Likewise.
Support `cksum --check FILE` without having to specify a digest
algorithm, allowing for more generic file check instructions.
This also supports mixed digest checksum files, supporting
more robust multi digest checks.
* src/digest.c (algorithm_from_tag): A new function to
identify the digest algorithm from a tagged format line.
(split3): Set the algorithm depending on tag, and update
the expected digest length accordingly.
* tests/misc/cksum-c.sh: Add a new test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* tests/misc/md5sum.pl: Adjust to more generic error.
* tests/misc/sha1sum.pl: Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Mention the new -c feature.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
Add message digest sm3, which uses the OSCCA SM3 secure
hash (OSCCA GM/T 0004-2012 SM3) generic hash transformation.
* bootstrap.conf: Add the sm3 module.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Mention the cksum -a option.
* src/digest.c: Provide support for --algorithm='sm3'.
* tests/misc/sm3sum.pl: Add a new test (from Tianjia Zhang)
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
Tested-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
* src/digest.c: Organize HASH_ALGO_CKSUM to be table driven,
and amalgamate all digest algorithms.
(main): Parse all options if HASH_ALGO_CKSUM, and disallow
--tag, --zero, and --check with the traditional bsd, sysv, and crc
checksums for now.
* src/local.mk: Reorganize to include all digest modules in cksum.
* tests/misc/cksum-a.sh: Add a new test.
* tests/misc/b2sum.sh: Update to default to checking with cksum,
as b2sum's implementation diverges a bit from the others.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cksum invocation): Adjust the summary to
identify the new mode, and document the new --algorithm option.
* man/cksum.x: Adjust description to be more general.
* man/*sum.x: Add [See Also] section referencing cksum(1).
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
Pádraig Brady
Pierre Marsais
Paul Eggert
Rasmus Villemoes