coreutils/THANKS, branch v8.7

maint: update THANKS

2010-10-25T17:51:45Z

* THANKS: Update.

stat: add %m to output the mount point for a file

2010-08-27T21:16:10Z

* src/find-mount-point.c: A new file refactoring find_mount_point() out from df.c * src/find-mount-point.h: Likewise. * src/df.c: Use the new find-mount-point module. * src/stat.c (print_stat): Handle the new %m format. (find_bind_mount): A new function to return the bind mount for a file if any. (out_mount_mount): Print the bind mount for a file, or else the standard mount point given by the find-mount-point module. (usage): Document the %m format directive. * src/Makefile.am: Reference the refactored find-mount-point.c * po/POTFILES.in: Add find_mount_point.c to the translation list * doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Document %m, and how it may differ from the mount point that df outputs. * test/misc/stat-mount: A new test to correlate mount points output from df and stat. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the new feature * THANKS: Add the author Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady

ls: fix a test failure that should have been skipped

2010-08-09T14:52:12Z

* tests/ls/readdir-mountpoint-inode: Check to see if skip_test_ is called in a helper function via $() instead of mistakenly failing. * THANKS: Update.

cat: improve documentation

2010-06-14T21:42:24Z

* src/cat.c (usage): Clarify that -b overrides -n. * doc/coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Suggested by Chas. Owens, in bug 6383.

dirname: tweak summary wording

2010-06-08T10:28:19Z

* doc/coreutils.texi (dirname invocation): Reword to be more precise. * src/dirname.c (usage): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Filipus Klutiero, bug 6175.

touch: remove support for --file=REF_FILE option

2010-06-02T15:14:10Z

* src/touch.c (main): Remove support for the deprecated, long-named --file option, which is an alternate name for --reference (-r). That option was undocumented with the arrival of --reference, in the 1995-10-29 commit, 8b92864e1d. Since the 2009-02-09 commit, ed85df444a, use of --file has elicited a warning. Not only was this code due for removal, but the long-name-use-detecting code was buggy in that it would use a stale or uninitialized "long_idx", as reported by Robin H. Johnson in http://bugs.gentoo.org/322421. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it.

base64: always treat input in binary mode

2010-04-22T14:42:54Z

Necessary for cygwin. Technically, this patch is not correct, in that it clobbers O_APPEND, but it is no different than any other use of xfreopen to force binary mode, so all such uses should be fixed at once in a later patch. * src/base64.c (main): Open input in binary mode. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Yutaka Amanai.

sort: fix parsing of end field in obsolescent key formats

2010-04-20T21:37:18Z

This regression was introduced in commit 224a69b5, 2009-02-24, "sort: Fix two bugs with determining the end of field". The specific regression being that we include 1 field too many when an end field is specified using obsolescent key syntax (+POS -POS). * src/sort.c (struct keyfield): Clarify the description of the eword member, as suggested by Alan Curry. (main): When processing obsolescent format key specifications, normalize eword to a zero based count when no specific end char is given for an end field. This matches what's done when keys are specified with -k. * tests/misc/sort: Add a few more tests for the obsolescent key formats, with test 07i being the particular failure addressed by this change. * THANKS: Add Alan Curry who precisely identified the issue. * NEWS: Mention the fix. Reported by Santiago Rodríguez

timeout: use more standard option parsing

2010-03-26T14:27:54Z

* src/timeout.c (main): Don't use parse_long_options() which is a helper for commands that don't have any long options specific to them. * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Remove a case that now passes due to us accepting multiple instances of the --help and --version options. * THANKS: Add the author. Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady

doc: improve ls --help's description of --escape (-b)

2010-03-18T16:41:12Z

* src/ls.c (usage): Be more precise about how --escape (-b) works: say "C-style escapes", not "octal escapes". Reported by Jacky Fong.