coreutils/tests/misc/sort-float, branch v8.8

tests: substitute the single-program $VERBOSE/--version uses

2010-11-17T20:45:51Z

Automatically make all of the changes like this: -test "$VERBOSE" = yes && chgrp --version +print_ver_ chgrp git grep -l 'VERBOSE.*--version'|xargs perl -pi -e \ 's/test "\$VERBOSE" = yes && (\w+) --version/print_ver_ $1/'

tests: convert first batch of tests from test-lib.sh to init.sh

2010-11-17T19:48:57Z

Initially, I did this, git grep -l srcdir/test-lib.sh|xargs perl -p0i -e '~180-byte script' but that line would have been much longer than the maximum permitted by coreutils' commit hook, and wasn't readable besides, so here's a more readable version: lhs=$(printf '%s\\n' \ 'if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then' \ ' set -x' \ ' touch --version' \ 'fi' \ '' \ '. $srcdir/test-lib.sh' \ | sed 's/\$/\\\$/g;s/touch/(\\w+)/') rhs=$(printf '%s\\n' \ '. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src' \ 'test "$VERBOSE" = yes && FIXME --version' \ | sed 's/\$/\\\$/g;s/FIXME/\$1/') git grep -l srcdir/test-lib.sh|xargs perl -p0i -e "s,$lhs,$rhs,"

tests: sort-float: avoid spurious test failure on ppc/ppc64

2010-10-17T07:18:57Z

* tests/misc/sort-float: On systems with DBL_MIN < LDBL_MIN, this test would fail because the expected output was not sorted. Detect that case, and if needed, reverse those two values.

sort: use long doubles for general numeric mode

2010-04-29T17:55:57Z

* src/sort.c (general_numcompare): Use long doubles unconditionally, and strtold when available, to convert numbers with greater range and precision. Performance was seen to be on par with standard doubles. * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Amend the -g description to mention long double rather than double, and strtold rather than strtod. * src/getlimits.c (main): Output floating point limits for use in tests. * tests/misc/sort-float: A new test to ensure sort is using long doubles when possible, and that locale specific floats are handled. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * tests/test-lib.sh (getlimits_): Normalize indenting. * NEWS: Mention the new behaviour. Reported by Nelson Beebe.