new snapshot available: coreutils-8.1.24-7a2b0

[Jim Meyering]

We're ready for a bug-fix coreutils-8.2 release, so if you
can spot any problems in this snapshot please let us know asap.

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Here is the expected NEWS:

** Bug fixes

  id no longer crashes on systems without supplementary group support.
  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.1]

  rm once again handles zero-length arguments properly.
  The rewrite to make rm use fts introduced a regression whereby
  a command like "rm a '' b" would fail to remove "a" and "b", due to
  the presence of the empty string argument.
  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.0]

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Changes in coreutils since 8.1:

Dmitry V. Levin (1):
      tests: do not fail on read-only root file system

Eric Blake (4):
      build: fix link failure on cygwin
      tests: fix link failure on cygwin
      sort: fix link failure on Solaris
      id: handle systems without getgroups support

Jim Meyering (19):
      post-release administrivia
      build: "make stable" emitted an invalid gnupload command
      tests: avoid spurious failures due to insecure directory in PATH
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      maint: move xfreopen module to gnulib
      maint: don't list "warnings" module explicitly
      maint: correct comments in test scripts
      maint: cfg.mk: remove factored-out ftp host/dir definitions
      tests: avoid test failures when PATH contains an unsearchable directory
      maint: chown.c: remove a comment
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      bootstrap: update from gnulib, for perl-5.11.x support
      rm: fix empty-name bug introduced with conversion to use fts
      tests: fix a bug in sanitize_path_ that inhibited verbose output
      tests: readdir-mountpoint-inode avoid false-positive w/virtualbox
      build: distcheck: do not leave a $TMPDIR/coreutils directory behind
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest

Pádraig Brady (2):
      bootstrap: fix handling of various perl --version formats
      tests: don't run tail-2/inotify-race by default


Changes in gnulib since 8.1:

* gnulib 0883405...73da5fb (81):
  > cloexec: preserve text vs. binary across dup_cloexec
  > mgetgroups: reduce duplicate listings
  > cloexec: Fix possible compilation error.
  > prognam: Add diagnostic.
  > pipe2-safer: new module
  > stdlib-safer: preserve cloexec flag for mkostemp[s]
  > unistd-safer: allow preservation of cloexec status via flag
  > test-dup2: enhance test
  > cloexec: add dup_cloexec
  > test-xalloc-die: fix test for mingw
  > test-fseeko: fix test for mingw
  > autoupdate
  > progname: Clarify specification.
  > maint.mk: backslash-escape parens in default regexp
  > maint.mk: news-check: use grep -E
  > maintainer-makefile: allow customization of NEWS entry format
  > mgetgroups: add xgetgroups, and avoid ENOSYS failures
  > mgetgroups: avoid argument promotion issues with -1
  > exclude: Fix header file problems.
  > autoupdate
  > fts: fts_open: do not let an empty string cause immediate failure
  > utimens: fix compilation error
  > bootstrap: fix handling of various perl --version formats
  > bootstrap: handle perl-5.11's changed --version output
  > userspec: depend on the inttostr module, too
  > userspec: disallow an ID that maps to (uid_t)-1 or (gid_t)-1
  > userspec: reformat to use spaces, not TABs
  > getopt-gnu: flush out another BSD bug
  > modules/idpriv-droptemp-tests (Notice): Fix text.
  > test-xalloc-die: avoid spurious failure due to libtool argv difference
  > w32sock: leave win32 error in place.
  > init.sh: suggest to use skip_ and fail_ functions in comments
  > init.sh: add documentation in comments
  > init.sh: accommodate even those who specify bogus srcdir manually
  > test-pread.sh: avoid diagnostics for those who ignore SIGPIPE
  > test-pread: cover failure with ESPIPE and EINVAL
  > pread: improvement and fix
  > unistd.in.h: correct declaration of pread
  > test-pread.sh: distribute the test script
  > test-pread.sh: clean up
  > test-pread.sh: make executable
  > correct typo in test-pread.sh
  > test pread
  > pread: new module
  > tests/init.sh: new file to be used via most *.sh tests
  > utimens: work around older Linux failure with symlinks
  > utimes: fix configure grammar
  > regex: Fix fastmap for multibyte character ranges.
  > version-etc: work also with AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE's no-define option
  > doc: Most *_l functions exist in MacOS X 10.5.
  > doc: Most *_l functions exist in MacOS X 10.5.
  > duplocale: Fix logic bug.
  > test-update-copyright: don't hard-code /usr/bin/perl
  > duplocale: Add support for glibc 2.3.x.
  > vasnprintf: Tiny optimization.
  > Tests for module 'duplocale'.
  > New module 'duplocale'.
  > Check that <locale.h> defines locale_t and LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE.
  > locale: Make locale_t available when possible.
  > Add comments.
  > Oops, move the include of unistd.h in the last commit.
  > error: account for the possibility of freopen (stdout).
  > Add comment.
  > c-stack: avoid defining an unused static function
  > diffseq: avoid spurious gcc warnings
  > c-stack: avoid "ignoring return value of `write'" warning
  > autoupdate
  > diffseq: reduce scope of variable 'best'.
  > diffseq: remove useless assignment to "best"
  > build: mention ftp redirector in release announcements
  > nanosleep: improve port to mingw
  > nanosleep: work around cygwin bug
  > sleep: work around cygwin bug
  > maint.mk: improve sc_prohibit_magic_number_exit
  > xalloc-die-tests: add missing library
  > test-xvasprintf: silence compiler warnings
  > autoupdate
  > xfreopen: new module, from coreutils
  > manywarnings: depend on warnings
  > build: avoid compiler warnings
  > tests: avoid false negative with --with-packager