coreutils-4.5.12 released (final candidate for coreutils-5.0)

[Jim Meyering]

This is a bug-fix-only release.
I expect this to be the final test release before coreutils-5.0,
the first officially `stable' release of the unified package,
so please give it a try and report any problems.

Soon.

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NEWS

[4.5.12]
* printf no longer treats \x specially when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set
* printf avoids buffer overrun with format ending in a backslash and
* printf avoids buffer overrun with incomplete conversion specifier
* printf accepts multiple flags in a single conversion specifier

ChangeLog entries:

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2003-03-29  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * Version 4.5.12.

        * README: Note to expect build problems for stat.c on Ultrix 4.3.
        Note that there are some harmless test failures when running
        `make check' as root on some systems.

2003-03-28  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * tests/stty/row-col-1: Skip this test if stty can't get window size.
        This happens when connecting to sparc-solaris2.7 via ssh from within
        emacs.  Reported by Karl Berry.

        * tests/du/basic: Use seq, not `yes' to generate 4KB of data.
        Otherwise, on systems (DJGPP) that emulate pipes using files,
        this test would never complete, waiting for `yes' to terminate.
        * tests/du/slink: As above, use seq, not `yes' to generate link target.
        * tests/rm/hash: As above, use seq, not `yes' to generate dir name.
        Reported by Rich Dawe.

2003-03-27  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/id.c: Remove Arnold Robbins' obsolete e-mail address
        from `written by...' comment, at his request.

2003-03-24  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        Fix buffer overrun problem reported by TAKAI Kousuke, along
        with some other POSIX incompatibilities.

        * src/printf.c (print_esc): Do not treat \x specially if
        POSIXLY_CORRECT.  Avoid buffer overrun if the format ends
        in backslash.  Treat incomplete escape sequences as strings
        of characters, as POSIX requires.
        (print_formatted): Allow multiple flags.  Avoid buffer overrun
        if the format is incomplete.

2003-03-24  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * tests/misc/printf: Add tests for the above fixes and changes.

2003-03-26  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/copy.h (struct cp_options): Add a comment.

2003-03-23  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * README: Describe problem with 64-bit mode on HPUX 11.x,
        with patch for /usr/include/inttypes.h.
        * TODO: Plan to add an autoconf test to work around the bug.

2003-03-22  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/stat.c: Don't include <sys/sysmacros.h>.
        That is already done via system.h.  Otherwise, the multiple
        inclusion would evoke redefinition warnings from Cray's /bin/cc,
        aka Cray Standard C Version 4.0.3  (057126) Mar 22 2003  22:02:28.
        (human_fstype): Factor some directives `up', out of this function.
        Cast away `const' to avoid error from Cray's /bin/cc.

2003-03-20  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * announce-gen (print_changelog_deltas): Ensure that a newline
        precedes each row of `*'s.

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2003-03-22  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * strftime.c (widen): Cast alloca return value to proper type.

        * fnmatch_loop.c
        (NEW_PATTERN): Cast alloca return value to proper type.
        Otherwise, it wouldn't compile with at least /bin/cc on
        ymp-cray-unicos9.0.2.X.
        Combine two mostly-identical uses of alloca into one.
        Thanks to the Cray-Cyber project for access to a Cray Y-MP.

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2003-03-27  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs.
        From Paul Eggert.
        (sort invocation): Describe sort's --stable (-s) option.

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