coreutils/src, branch v7.1

doc: ls: clarify description of -s

2009-02-20T18:32:02Z

* src/ls.c (usage): Make the description of -s mention "allocated size", so that it's less likely to be confused with an apparent byte-count. Suggested by Vito Caputo.

doc: dd: document that the default block size is 512 bytes

2009-02-19T11:45:18Z

* src/dd.c (usage): Document the default block size. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document that the default block size (bs, ibs, obs) is 512 bytes. Reported by Petr Uzel.

cp: -a now preserves SELinux context, with reduced diagnostics

2009-02-18T14:27:10Z

* copy.c (copy_reg): Reduce SELinux context diagnostics for 'cp -a'. (copy_internal): Likewise * copy.h (cp_options): Add boolean reduce_diagnostics. * cp.c (usage): Say that --archive (-a) behaves like -dR --preserve=all. (cp_option_init): Initialize added reduce_diagnostics. (main): Add reduce_diagnostics for the -a option, and preserve SELinux context, if possible. * mv.c (cp_options_init): Initialize new cp_options booleans. * install.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. * NEWS: Mention those behaviour changes. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document --preserve=context, document that diagnostics are not shown for failures of non-mandatory attributes (just SELinux at the moment). * tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Check not only failures, but succesful use of preserving SELinux context in cp.

add missing copyright dates

2009-02-18T13:07:30Z

* NEWS: Add 2009 to copyright. * README: Likewise. * README-hacking: Likewise. * TODO: Likewise. * doc/Makefile.am: Likewise. * m4/prereq.m4: Likewise. * src/nl.c: Likewise. * src/seq.c: Likewise. * tests/cp/cp-i: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C-root: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C-selinux: Likewise. * tests/misc/seq: Likewise. * tests/mv/mv-n: Likewise.

install: compare files in binary mode

2009-02-17T14:58:39Z

* src/install.c (need_copy): Use O_BINARY when it matters.

install: add --compare (-C) option to install file only when necessary

2009-02-17T13:12:44Z

* src/install.c (have_same_content): New function to compare files content. (extra_mode): New function checking for non-permission bits in mode. (need_copy): New function to check if copy is necessary. (main): Handle new option --compare (-C). (copy_file): Skip file copying if not necessary. (usage): Show new option --compare (-C) in --help. * tests/install/install-C: Basic tests for install --compare (-C). * tests/install/install-C-root: Tests requiring root privileges. * tests/install/install-C-selinux: Tests requiring SELinux. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests for install --compare (-C). * doc/coreutils.texi: Document new install option --compare (-C). * NEWS: Mention the change.

nl: correct long-option name for -v in usage

2009-02-17T13:10:39Z

* nl.c (usage): Use --starting-line-number, not --first-page for -v

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.

seq: Fix equal width calculation when '.' added to last number

2009-02-14T23:47:14Z

Issue reported by Samuel Hapák. * src/seq.c: Account for '.' added to "last" number. * tests/misc/seq: Add corresponding test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.

du,chgrp,chmod,chown: use FTS_DEFER_STAT

2009-02-13T17:41:01Z

* src/du.c (main): Use FTS_DEFER_STAT, for better locality of inode reference. Important when traversing file systems with fake inodes. * src/chgrp.c (main): Likewise. * src/chmod.c (main): Likewise. * src/chown.c (main): Likewise. The only remaining fts client, chcon, doesn't need this, since it goes further and uses FTS_NOSTAT, which suppresses all non- directory stat calls.