* tests/misc/coreutils.sh: Remove the check for non-empty coreutils.h,
as the existing `print_ver_ coreutils` is sufficient to determine
support for single binary mode.
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/pull/189
* tests/misc/coreutils.sh: Be more flexibile by using `command -v`
to identify the binary to be executed, rather than linking
directly to the built binary.
Setup
$ ln -nsf src/coreutils foo
Before
$ ./foo; echo $?
foo: unknown program ‘foo’
Try './foo --help' for more information.
1
./foo --version; echo $?
coreutils (GNU coreutils) 9.9.172-01993
0
After
$ ./foo; echo $?
coreutils: unknown program 'foo'
1
$ ./foo --version; echo $?
coreutils: unknown program 'foo'
1
* src/coreutils.c (main): Don't process options if
we don't know they're intended for the multi-call binary.
Otherwise `foo --version` would return true, even though
foo was symlinked to the multi-call binary, but not supported.
* tests/misc/coreutils.sh: Add test cases.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Update to latest gnulib with new copyright year.
Run "make update-copyright" and then...
* gnulib: Update included in this commit as copyright years
are the only change from the previous gnulib commit.
* tests/init.sh: Sync with gnulib to pick up copyright year.
* bootstrap: Likewise.
* tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
Update to latest gnulib with new copyright year.
Run "make update-copyright" and then...
* gnulib: Update included in this commit as copyright years
are the only change from the previous gnulib commit.
* tests/init.sh: Sync with gnulib to pick up copyright year.
* bootstrap: Manually update copyright year,
until we fully sync with gnulib at a later stage.
* tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
Update to latest gnulib with new copyright year.
Run "make update-copyright" and then...
* tests/init.sh: Sync with gnulib to pick up copyright year.
* bootstrap: Manually update copyright year,
until we fully sync with gnulib at a later stage.
* tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Run "make update-copyright" and then...
* tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
* tests/du/bind-mount-dir-cycle-v2.sh: Fix case in copyright message,
so that year is updated automatically in future.
Add the --enable-single-binary option to the configure file.
When enabled, this option builds a single binary file containing
the selected tools. Which tool gets executed depends on the value
of argv[0] which can be set implicitly through symlinks to the
single program.
This setup reduces significantly the size of a complete coreutils
install, since code from lib/libcoreutils.a is not duplicated in
every one of the more than 100 binaries. Runtime overhead is
increased due to more dynamic libraries being loaded, and extra
initialization being performed for all utils. Also initially
a larger binary is loaded from storage, though this is usually
alleviated due to caching and lazy mmaping of unused blocks,
and in fact the single binary should have better caching
characteristics.
Comparing the size of the individual versus single binary on x86_64:
$ cd src
$ size coreutils
$ size -t $(../build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh --list-progs |
grep -Ev '(coreutils|libstdbuf)') | tail -n1
text data bss dec hex filename
1097416 5388 88432 1191236 122d44 src/coreutils
4901010 124964 163768 5189742 4f306e (TOTALS)
Storage requirements are reduced similarly:
$ cd src
$ du -h coreutils
$ du -ch $(../build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh --list-progs |
grep -Ev '(coreutils|libstdbuf)') | tail -n1
1.2M coreutils
5.3M total
When installing, the makefile will create either symlinks or
shebangs based on the --enable-single-binary setting, for
each configured tool. In this way, all the tools are still
callable individually, but they are all implemented by the same
"coreutils" binary installed on the same directory.
* .gitignore: Add new generated files.
* Makefile.am: New rules to generate build-aux/gen-single-binary.sh
and install symlinks.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* README: Add "coreutils" to the list of utils.
* bootstrap.conf: Regenerate src/single-binary.mk
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: New --list-progs option.
* build-aux/gen-single-binary.sh: Regenerate
* configure.ac: New --enable-single-binary option and other variables.
Disallow --enable-single-binary=symlinks with --program-prefix et. al.
* man/coreutils.x: Manpage hook.
* man/local.mk: Add manpage hook and fix dependencies.
* src/coreutils.c: Multicall implementation.
* src/local.mk: New rules for the single binary option.
* tests/local.mk: Add $single_binary_progs to support
require_built_() from init.cfg
* tests/misc/env.sh: Avoid the use of symlink to echo.
* tests/misc/help-version.sh: Add exception for coreutils.
* tests/install/basic-1.sh: Really avoid using ginstall strip
functionality if there is an issue with the independent strip command.
* src/kill.c: Changes to call exit() in main.
* src/readlink.c: Likewise.
* src/shuf.c: Likewise.
* src/timeout.c: Likewise.
* src/truncate.c: Likewise.
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Pádraig Brady
Collin Funk
Assaf Gordon
Paul Eggert
Alex Deymo