coreutils/doc/coreutils.texi, branch v8.6

build: complete the rename of get_date

2010-10-05T18:12:30Z

* gnulib: Update to latest. * src/date.c (includes, batch_convert, main): Track rename. * src/touch.c (includes, get_reldate): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (Top, Date input formats): Likewise. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Likewise. * doc/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Likewise. * doc/.gitignore: Likewise. * bootstrap: Synchronize from upstream.

stat: drop %C support when printing file system details

2010-10-05T15:07:58Z

* src/stat.c (print_statfs, usage): Drop %C, since it applies to files, not file systems. (out_file_context): Match style of other out_* functions. (print_stat): Update caller. * doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Document %C. * NEWS: Document the change.

stat: support printing birthtime

2010-10-01T16:43:25Z

* src/stat.c (print_stat): New %w and %W formats. (do_stat): Include %w in default format. (usage): Document new specifiers. * doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Likewise. * NEWS: Likewise.

maint: update gnulib

2010-09-30T21:57:19Z

* gnulib: Update to latest. * doc/coreutils.texi (date): Reflect new module name. * doc/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Likewise. * doc/.gitignore: Likewise.

tests: fix an erroneous stat failure with bind mounts

2010-09-20T14:07:02Z

* tests/misc/stat-mount: Don't try to correlate the mount points output by df and stat, as they're similar, but sometimes different in the presence of bind mounts. * doc/coretuils.texi (stat invocation): Clarify the bind mount difference between stat and df.

doc: clarify that stat -f implies -L (follows symlinks)

2010-08-27T21:28:44Z

* doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation). Since there is no lstatfs, document that -L is implicit with -f.

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

doc: avoid a warning from newer texinfo

2010-08-15T00:11:35Z

* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Use @pxref inside parentheses.

doc: improve the info on md5sum security weaknesses

2010-08-15T00:02:44Z

* doc/coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Mention currently known security problems. Don't recommend SHA-1 as alternative. * man/md5sum.x (BUGS): Warn about the vulnerabilities and reference the SHA-2 based alternatives. Reported by Simon Josefsson

sort: revert recent -h changes and use a more-conservative approach

2010-08-03T02:21:02Z

* NEWS: Document changes to sort -h, which are now minor with respect to the pre-July-30th version. * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Likewise. The documentation now describes how -h comparison is done rather than being vague with border cases. * src/sort.c (long_double, strtold): Move back to general_numcompare. (LD, compute_human): Remove. (find_unit_order): Remove THOU_SEP parameter, since thousands separators are now allowed by all callers. Revert to previous behavior of sorting by suffix, and returning the order rather than 2 * order + binary, since we no longer care whether binary powers are being used. However, treat all zeros the same, instead of sorting 0M before 0G; this is more consistent with the desired behavior of sorting -1G before -1M. * tests/misc/sort (h1, h3, h6): Adjust to match mostly-reverted behavior. However, check that all zeros sort together. * tests/misc/sort-debug-keys: Omit a "_", since the trailing "i" in "1234Gi" is no longer part of the key.