coreutils/tests/misc, branch v7.5

tests: skip the stdbuf tests when the abs build directory name is bogus

2009-08-20T17:47:12Z

* tests/misc/stdbuf: Avoid spurious failure when the directory name from which we'd set LD_PRELOAD contains unsafe characters.

tests: stdbuf: fix a bug in test script

2009-08-18T15:53:20Z

* tests/misc/stdbuf: Use skip_test_ only after it's defined. Reported by Berhnard Voelker. (sc_check-AUTHORS): Rename rule from check-AUTHORS.

tests: skip the misc/stdbuf test if stdbuf was not built

2009-08-14T19:34:05Z

* tests/misc/stdbuf: Skip this test when stdbuf is not built. Reported by Eric Blake.

tests: new test for bug in ls -1U dir arg ...

2009-07-27T15:12:58Z

* tests/misc/ls-misc (multi-arg-U1): New test.

sort: allow SI and IEC units on separate human sort fields

2009-07-03T16:00:55Z

* src/sort.c: Store the si_present state per key rather than globally * tests/misc/sort: Add a check that would have previously failed. Also add a test to demonstrate that invalid IEC/SI mixtures are not always noticed when they're not significant to the sort.

stdbuf: fix to stop -i option causing an assertion

2009-06-27T01:21:43Z

* src/stdbuf.c (main): Fix the array bounds check in the assert * tests/misc/stdbuf: Add a test for all standard streams

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.

sort: Ignore fields where end position is before the start position

2009-06-13T00:25:06Z

* NEWS: Mention the fix * THANKS: Add Cliff Miller * src/sort.c (keycompare): Ensure lima >= texta * tests/misc/sort: Add 3 corresponding tests Signed-off-by: Pádraig Brady

sort: new --human-numeric-sort option to sort KiB MB etc.

2009-05-26T13:49:17Z

* NEWS: Document the new option * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): ditto * src/sort.c (main): handle the new --human-numeric-sort option (-h). (human_numcompare): A new function to compare SI and IEC suffixes before falling back to the standard --numeric comparison. (find_unit_order): A new helper function to find the order of magnitude of a number string as determined by its suffix. (check_mixed_SI_IEC): A new helper function to exit with error if both SI and IEC suffixes are presented. * tests/misc/sort: Add 8 tests to test the new functionality. * THANKS: Update