coreutils/man, branch v7.6

build: use a fixed-name temporary in man/Makefile.am

2009-07-26T18:42:31Z

* man/Makefile.am (check-x-vs-1): Using a fixed-name temporary file is better than one ending in -$$, because many -$$-suffixed files may accumulate over time.

readlink: improve one-line summary: prints canonical file names, too

2009-07-24T07:33:38Z

* src/readlink.c (usage): Adjust one-line summary. * man/readlink.x: Likewise. Suggested by Kamil Dudka.

maint: update all Copyright year lists to include 2009

2009-06-23T20:33:15Z

stdbuf: A new program to run a command with modified stdio buffering

2009-06-17T13:54:29Z

* AUTHORS: Register as the author. * NEWS: Mention this change. * README: Add stdbuf command to list. * configure.ac: Only enable on ELF systems with GCC. * cfg.mk (sc_system_h_headers): Use VC_LIST_EXCEPT rather than VC_LIST, so we can add an exception, if needed. * .x-sc_system_h_headers: New file. Exempt libstdbuf.c. * Makefile.am (syntax_check_exceptions): Add .x-sc_system_h_headers. * doc/coreutils.texi (stdbuf invocation): Add stdbuf info. * man/.gitignore: Ignore generated manpage. * src/.gitignore: Ignore stdbuf and libstdbuf.so binaries. * man/Makefile.am (stdbuf.1): Add dependency. * man/stdbuf.x: New file with example usage. * po/POTFILES.in: Reference new command and shared library sources. * src/Makefile.am (build_if_possible__progs): Add stdbuf and libstdbuf, (pkglib_PROGRAMS): Reference optional shared lib, (libstdbuf_so_LDADD): Ensure we don't link with non PIC libcoreutils.a. (libstdbuf_so_LDFLAGS): Add -shared GCC option, (libstdbuf_so_CFLAGS): Add -fPIC GCC option. (check-README): Exclude libstbuf. (check-AUTHORS): ditto. (sc_tight_scope): Exclude functions starting with __. * src/libstdbuf.c: The LD_PRELOAD shared library to control buffering. * src/stdbuf.c: New file to setup env variables before execing command. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference new test file. * tests/misc/help-version: Set expected exit codes. * tests/misc/invalid-opt: ditto. * tests/misc/stdbuf: Add 9 tests.

build: make generated man/*.1 files read-only

2009-06-02T14:35:14Z

This should help people notice that they are generated. Note: each file already has a comment to that effect from help2man. * man/Makefile.am (.x.1): Make generated files read-only. Also, don't redirect directly to the target, $@.

build (man/): use automake's new $(AM_V_GEN) variable

2009-06-02T14:35:14Z

* man/Makefile.am (.x.1, check-x-vs-1, check-programs-vs-x): Mark with $(AM_V_GEN), so that automake-1.11 prints "GEN $@" by default (stick with "GEN" in spite of the latter two rules not officially generating anything -- they're just tests).

doc: clarify the operation of the comm -123 parameters

2009-05-18T15:17:31Z

* src/comm.c (usage): give more information on the -123 parameters, with examples to show that they can be combined. Addresses . * doc/coreutils.texi (comm invocation): Mention that the column separators are suppressed along with the column. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. * man/comm.x: Reference other commands that match adjacent lines. * man/join.x: ditto. * man/uniq.x: ditto.

maint: normalize leading-TAB indentation in Makefiles

2009-03-18T11:40:07Z

* maint.mk (sc_makefile_TAB_only_indentation): New rule. Replace each TAB+8-space sequence with two TABs. * man/Makefile.am: Likewise. * build-aux/check.mk: Likewise. I used this command (run it more than once, if needed): t=$'\t'; git grep -l -E "$t {8}"|grep -E 'Makefile|\.mk$' \ | xargs perl -pi -e 's/\t {8}/\t\t/'

truncate: fix typo in man page

2009-02-22T17:16:15Z

* man/truncate.x: Fix spelling. * THANKS: Update.

doc: id: make --help and .man more descriptive

2009-02-15T09:17:19Z

* src/id.c (usage): Improve description, based on a suggestion from Brian M. Carlson in http://bugs.debian.org/514675 * man/id.x: Use a better one-liner, based on the one at top of id.c.