coreutils/src, branch v8.5

tests: fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts

2010-04-23T13:44:19Z

The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly. * cfg.mk (sc_always_defined_macros, sc_system_h_headers): Set the exit code in signal handler explicitly to 128 + SIG. * src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Likewise. * tests/test-lib.sh: Likewise.

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

cp: preserve "capabilities" when also preserving file ownership

2010-04-16T22:02:02Z

* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Copy xattrs _after_ setting file ownership so that capabilities are not cleared when setting ownership. * tests/cp/capability: A new root test. * tests/Makefile.am (root_tests): Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.

maint: fix build on platforms that replace strsignal

2010-04-15T23:55:43Z

* src/Makefile.am (kill_LDADD): Add $(LIBTHREAD) so that we link with the appropriate libraries to provide Thread Local Storage on platforms that replace strsignal (like AIX for example). Tested-by: Daniel Richard G.

cp: treat selinux warnings consistently

2010-04-13T12:09:50Z

* src/copy.c (copy_reg): Suppress SELinux ENOTSUP warnings consistently between the destination being present or not. Previously we did not suppress ENOTSUP messages when the destination was present. (copy_internal): Use the same ENOTSUP supression method as copy_reg() even though the issue was not seen in this case. * tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Add a test case for the issue and group the other test cases in the file more coherently. * tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr: Do the same check for xattr warnings, even though they did not have the issue.

doc: clarify when cp and mv output xattr warnings

2010-04-12T09:06:11Z

The 2010-03-26 commit, 4c38625e, "doc: fix info on cp --preserve..." was not entirely correct as cp --preserve=all does produce some xattr warnings. * src/copy.h: Update and clarify the comments for reduce_diagnostics and require_preserve_{xattr,context}. * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Update the -a and --preserve=xattr,context options to say when and which xattr warnings are output. (mv invocation): Mention that some warnings are output when preserving xattrs.

dircolors: add rxvt-256color and rxvt-unicode256

2010-04-09T14:28:46Z

* src/dircolors.hin: Add them.

maint: ftruncate is always available, even without gnulib

2010-04-09T08:50:43Z

Now that even MinGW provides ftruncate, we know that all reasonable portability targets provide this function. Remove the workaround code. We nearly removed the gnulib module three years ago: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/9203 and it is now officially "obsolete". * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Remove ftruncate. * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Remove use of HAVE_FTRUNCATE and its no-longer-used workaround code. * src/truncate.c: Remove a comment about handling missing ftruncate.

doc: make wc --help say how it defines a 'word'

2010-04-08T21:53:12Z

* src/wc.c (usage): Add wc's definition of "word".