Initially, I did this,
git grep -l srcdir/test-lib.sh|xargs perl -p0i -e '~180-byte script'
but that line would have been much longer than the maximum permitted
by coreutils' commit hook, and wasn't readable besides, so here's a
more readable version:
lhs=$(printf '%s\\n' \
'if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then' \
' set -x' \
' touch --version' \
'fi' \
'' \
'. $srcdir/test-lib.sh' \
| sed 's/\$/\\\$/g;s/touch/(\\w+)/')
rhs=$(printf '%s\\n' \
'. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src' \
'test "$VERBOSE" = yes && FIXME --version' \
| sed 's/\$/\\\$/g;s/FIXME/\$1/')
git grep -l srcdir/test-lib.sh|xargs perl -p0i -e "s,$lhs,$rhs,"
* tests/misc/sort-float: On systems with DBL_MIN < LDBL_MIN,
this test would fail because the expected output was not sorted.
Detect that case, and if needed, reverse those two values.
* 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.
