Commit v9.8-95-g4c0cf3864 intended to initialize
ext_start to src_pos, as was described at:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2025-11/msg00035.html
However ipos was inadvertently used, which is only
valid the first time through the loop.
* src/copy-file-data.c (lseek_copy): Use scan_inference->hole_start
only with the initial offset passed to lseek_copy().
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
Reported at https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/issues/159
* tests/df/no-mtab-status-masked-proc.sh: A new test similar
to no-mtab-status.sh but should work with static builds.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/pull/156
* tests/env/env-signal-handler.sh: Test that --ignore-signal with no
options also ignores real-time signals. Test that real-time signals can
be ignored by explicitly listing them.
* src/getlimits.c (SIGRTMIN): Define to zero if signal.h does not define
this constant.
(SIGRTMAX): Define to SIGRTMIN - 1 if signal.h does not define this
constant.
(main): Print SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX.
* tests/split/split-io-err.sh: A new test to verify that with I/O
errors, we leave existing files but don't continue.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* tests/misc/io-errors.sh: Verify that all commands diagnose write
errors, and handle a closed pipe appropriately.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* src/sort.c (main): Don't override handler for SIGPIPE
(which we did since commit v9.9-34-ge63131b32),
since we've explicit handling for SIGPIPE.
Also move ignoring of SIGPIPE until after
--help and --version are processed.
* tests/csplit/csplit-io-err.sh: Replace this LD_PRELOAD test with...
* tests/csplit/csplit-io-err-2.sh: This more general test,
that leverages /dev/full.
* tests/local.mk: Remove tests/csplit/csplit-io-err-2.sh.
* src/dd.c (main): Reduce the scope of exit_status. Exit immediately if
ftruncate fails.
* tests/dd/fail-ftruncate-fstat.sh: New test.
* tests/local.mk (all_tests): Add the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
* src/chown.h (enum chown_modes): New type.
(CHOWN_CHOWN, CHOWN_CHGRP): Define as an enum instead of a macro.
* src/chown-chgrp.c (chown_mode): Use "enum chown_modes" instead of
"int".
* src/chown-chown.c (chown_mode): Likewise.
* src/ls.h (enum ls_modes): New type.
(LS_LS, LS_MULTI_COL, LS_LONG_FORMAT): Define as an enum instead of a
macro.
* src/ls-dir.c (ls_mode): Use "enum ls_modes" instead of "int".
* src/ls-ls.c (ls_mode): Likewise.
* src/ls-vdir.c (ls_mode): Likewise.
* src/uname.h (enum uname_modes): New type.
(UNAME_UNAME, UNAME_ARCH): Define as an enum instead of a macro.
* src/uname-arch.c (uname_mode): Use "enum uname_modes" instead of
"int".
* src/uname-uname.c (uname_mode): Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Introduction): Use ç instead of @,{c}.
(Character arrays): Use ö instead of @"o. Use Ł instead of @L{}.
(Formatting file timestamps): Use ä instead of @"a.
Following commit v9.3-92-g1b86b70dd
$TMPDIR is part of the interface and an important behavioral
characteristic of a command, which should be documented.
* doc/coreutils.texi (split invocation): Mention $TMPDIR is honored.
(tac invocation): Likewise.
* src/split.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/tac.c (usage): Likewise.
On a GNU/Linux system, we have the following:
$ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 date -u -d 1:00
Sun Dec 14 01:00:00 AM UTC 2025
$ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 locale date_fmt
%a %b %e %r %Z %Y
$ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 locale t_fmt_ampm
%I:%M:%S %p
$ LC_ALL=nl_NL.UTF-8 date -u -d 1:00
zo 14 dec 2025 1:00:00 UTC
$ LC_ALL=nl_NL.UTF-8 locale date_fmt
%a %e %b %Y %k:%M:%S %Z
We respect the locales preference for a leading zero or leading space in
single digit hours.
* tests/date/date-locale-hour.sh: Check that the locales preference for
leading zeros or spaces in single digit hours is used.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document the behavior of 'dd' on
multibyte characters and some unspecified behavior that will be
documented in a future POSIX release [1].
[1] https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1959
OpenBSD and Alpine Linux /bin/sh cannot handle a file descriptor limit
of 7.
* tests/ls/recursive.sh: Create 30 directories and use a file descriptor
limit of 20. Don't check the output since we have coverage for that
elsewhere.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Map md5sum and sha{1,224,256,385,512} to use cksum logic,
which selects appropriate behavior at runtime, rather than
separate binaries for each closely related utility.
$ size src/coreutils # before
text data bss dec hex filename
1349509 6812 619312 1975633 1e2551 src/coreutils
$ size src/coreutils # after
text data bss dec hex filename
1306933 6748 619152 1932833 1d7e21 src/coreutils
* build-aux/gen-single-binary.sh: Map sha*sum to use cksum.c
* src/cksum.c: Adjust to behave more like sha*sum,
when the algorithm to something other than "crc".
* src/cksum.h: Expose the cksum_algorithm global and enum.
* src/coreutils-md5sum.c: Set cksum_algorithm and call cksum logic.
* src/coreutils-sha1sum.c: Likewise.
* src/coreutils-sha224sum.c Likewise.
* src/coreutils-sha256sum.c Likewise.
* src/coreutils-sha384sum.c Likewise.
* src/coreutils-sha512sum.c Likewise.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
* doc/coreutils.texi (quotingStyles): Expand on the advantages
of "shell-escape" quoting, and mention it's the default when
outputting to a tty. Also mention how it's also useful with
LC_ALL=C to further disambiguate output. Also reference the
separate page detailing various considerations and options
for file name quoting. Also move the mention of the default
quoting style to the top of the page where it's more obvious.
