[Coreutils-announce] textutils-2.0.17 released

[Jim Meyering]

Nothing earth-shattering here...
Happy thanksgiving.


  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/textutils-2.0.17.tar.gz   (2.2 MB)
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/textutils-2.0.17.tar.bz2  (1.6 MB)
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  ftp://freefriends.org/gnu/fetish/textutils-2.0.17.tar.bz2  (1.6 MB)

And here are xdelta-style diffs

  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/textutils-2.0.16-2.0.17.xdelta   (312 kB)
  ftp://freefriends.org/gnu/fetish/textutils-2.0.16-2.0.17.xdelta   (312 kB)

Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures for the compressed tar files:

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NEWS:
* csplit no longer gets a failed assertion for this:
    printf 'a\n\n'|csplit - '/^$/' 2
* sort detects physical memory attributes more portably
* tail no longer gets a segfault on Linux's /proc/ksyms
* sum -s produces the proper 16-bit checksum for large files
    (this fixes a bug that was introduced in 2.0f)

ChangeLog entries:

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ChangeLog       2001/11/22 09:31:30     1.910
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2001-11-22  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * Version 2.0.17.

        csplit could get a failed assertion: printf 'a\n\n'|csplit - '/^$/' 2
        * src/csplit.c: No longer include assert.h.
        (process_line_count): Remove invalid assertion.  The test that caused
        the failure has been in the code since before 1992-11-08, but since
        1996 it's been in an assertion.  That assertion was disabled by default
        until textutils-1.22g (1999-01-10).  Reported by Eric Pemente.

        * tests/misc/csplit: New file.  Test for the above fix and others.
        * tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add csplit.
        * tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add lang-default.

2001-11-19  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/tail.c (xlseek): New function.
        Call it instead of lseek, in most cases, so any failure is reported.

2001-11-18  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * config.sub: Update from master repository.
        * config.guess: Likewise.

2001-11-17  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * Makefile.cfg ($(srcdir)/m4/jm-glibc-io.m4): Use $(move_if_change),
        not the literal `move-if-change'.

        * src/tail.c (tail_forever): Add a cast.

        Avoid compiler warnings.
        * src/fmt.c: Remove `unsigned' attribute from type of global `prefix'.
        (copy_rest): Cast to (unsigned char *) before dereferencing.
        (get_prefix): Likewise.

        * configure.ac: Replace use of the one-arg form of AC_INIT
        with a use of the 3-arg form and a use of AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR.

2001-11-14  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * src/tail.c (file_lines): Remove unnecessary cast.
        (tail_lines): Could have called file_lines even though the first
        lseek failed.  Fix that.

2001-11-14  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/tail.c (file_lines): Add a parameter, start_pos.
        Work properly even when the read pointer is not at beginning of file.
        (tail_lines): Call file_lines for any regular file, as long as lseek
        can be used to seek to its end, not just when the initial read pointer
        is at beginning of file.

2001-11-13  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/tail.c (tail_lines): Move declaration of local `length'
        into scope where it's used.
        (tail_file): Likewise for local `stats'.

        * tests/tail-2/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add proc-ksyms and start-middle.
        * tests/tail-2/start-middle: New test, for the bug fixed on 1995-07-24.

        `tail /proc/ksyms' would segfault on Linux.
        * src/tail.c (tail_lines): Use status of lseek (...SEEK_END) call
        in deciding whether to call file_lines or pipe_lines.
        From Herbert Xu.
        * tests/tail-2/proc-ksyms: New test, for the above fix.

2001-11-11  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/od.c (struct tspec): Declare function pointer with prototype.

        * src/sum.c (main): Declare function pointer with prototype.

        * src/tsort.c (count_items): Mark parameter as unused.

        * src/sort.c (struct_month_cmp): Guard definition with the same
        cpp condition that guards the use.

        * src/tail.c (xwrite): Remove assertion that size_t N >= 0.

        * src/pr.c (struct COLUMN) [print_func]: Declare with a protype.
        (struct COLUMN) [char_func]: Declare with a protype.

        * src/od.c (parse_old_offset): Declare to be static.

        * src/join.c (make_blank): Declare to be static.
        (prfield): Declare local to be of type size_t, not int.

        Some help strings were very long.  Split them so that
        they're no longer than the magic length 509 that ISO C89
        compilers are required to support.  Sorry, translators :-(

        * src/md5sum.c (usage): Split --help output into smaller pieces.
        * src/ptx.c (main, usage): Likewise.
        * src/fmt.c (usage): Likewise.

        * src/wc.c (usage): Split --help output into smaller pieces.
        Use fputs, not printf.
        * src/cat.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/cut.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/csplit.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/expand.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/head.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/join.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/nl.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/od.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/pr.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/sort.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/split.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/tac.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/tr.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/unexpand.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/uniq.c (usage): Likewise.
        * src/tail.c (usage): Likewise.

        * src/sys2.h (alloca) [__GNUC__]: Define only if not already defined.

        * src/Makefile.am (sort_LDADD): Reflect spelling change:
        s/POW_LIBM/POW_LIB/.

2001-11-10  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/nl.c (proc_text): Use `puts' to output a string of spaces,
        not printf.  This avoids a warning from gcc's -Wformat-security.

2001-11-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * configure.ac: Use AC_CONFIG_FILES(...) and call AC_OUTPUT with no
        arguments.

2001-11-05  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/sort.c (usage): Don't recommend setting LC_COLLATE=C.
        That can cause problems (now documented in coreutils.texi).

2001-11-04  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * uniq.c, unexpand.c, tail.c, tac.c, split.c, sort.c, pr.c, paste.c:
        * od.c, nl.c, head.c, fold.c, expand.c, cut.c, csplit.c (usage):
        Say that ``Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for
        short options too.''

        * src/ptx.c (usage): Add one-line description.

2001-10-28  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * tests/sum/sysv: New test for the fix below.
        * tests/sum/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add sysv.

2001-10-27  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * src/sum.c: Include human.h.
        (ROTATE_RIGHT): Remove; it was slow and the comment was
        misleading anyway.
        (bsd_sum_file): Avoid unsigned and long when they're not needed.
        Compute total input bytes as uintmax_t, not long, so that the
        code works even with files whose size does not fit in 'long'.
        (sysv_sum_file): Likewise.
        (sysv_sum_file): Do not reduce checksum until the end; this is
        what System V does.
        Reported by Nick Lawes.

2001-10-27  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        Give an accurate diagnostic when `head --bytes=30M' fails.
        * src/head.c (string_to_integer): Check explicitly for overflow,
        and lump everything else together as `invalid'.

2001-10-04  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        Rename --all-repeated argument `precede' to `prepend'.
        * src/uniq.c (enum delimit_method): s/DM_PRECEDE/DM_PREPEND/
        and change all uses.
        (delimit_method_string): s/precede/prepend/
        * tests/uniq/Test.pm: Adjust tests accordingly.
        Patches by Padraig Brady.

        * src/uniq.c (usage): Correct typo in description of --all-repeated.
        Patch by Padraig Brady.

        on files whose bytes sum to 2^32 or larger.  The smallest such file
        contains 16,843,010 bytes, nearly all of which have the value 0xff.
        the beginning rather than from the end of the first line or

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doc/ChangeLog   2001/11/10 08:46:14     1.24
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2001-11-10  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (Date directives): Document %u.

2001-11-07  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (paste invocation): Give examples.
        Thanks to Dan Jacobson for suggesting the examples.

2001-11-05  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C,
        not LC_COLLATE=C.  Explain how the latter can cause problems.
        Based on a message from Paul Eggert.
        (ls invocation): Recommend setting LC_ALL=C, not LC_COLLATE=C.

2001-10-21  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe --reply=...

2001-10-17  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (cp invocation): `cp --no-dereference' is
        no longer equivalent to `cp -d'.
        `cp -d' is equivalent to `--no-dereference --preserve=links'.
        cp's -P option means --no-dereference, not --parents.
        Describe new optional argument to --preserve.
        Describe new option: --no-preserve=ATTRIBUTE_LIST.


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lib/ChangeLog   2001/11/22 10:58:01     1.308
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2001-11-22  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * hash.h: Bracket contents of file with #ifndef HASH_H_ ... #endif.

2001-11-18  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * tempname.c (TMP_MAX): Remove; no longer needed.
        (TEMPORARIES): New macro.
        (__gen_tempname): Use TEMPORARIES rather than TMP_MAX.  This
        removes an artificial limitation (e.g. HP-UX 10.20, where
        TMP_MAX is 17576).

2001-11-18  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * tempname.c [!HAVE_DECL_GETENV]: Declare getenv to avoid warning
        on SunOS4.

        * Makefile.am (Makefile): Depend on $(BUILT_SOURCES), so those
        files will be created before anything else.

2001-11-17  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * modechange.c (mode_adjust): Fix error introduced on 1999-04-26
        that made e.g., `chmod a=,o=w,g=o F' cause F to be group readable
        rather than group writable.  Patch by Juan F. Codagnone.

        * readtokens.c: Remove explicit declarations of xmalloc and xrealloc,
        Instead, include "xalloc.h".

        * mountlist.c: Include unlocked-io.h after all system headers.
        Remove explicit declarations of xmalloc, xrealloc,
        and xstrdup.  Instead, include "xalloc.h".

        * argmatch.c, closeout.c, error.c, exclude.c: Include unlocked-io.h.
        * fatal.c, getdate.y, getpass.c, getstr.c, getusershell.c: Likewise.
        * mountlist.c, posixtm.c, readtokens.c, readutmp.c: Likewise.

        * regex.c, sha.c, version-etc.c, yesno.c: Likewise.
        Reported by Padraig Brady.

        * mkstemp.c: #undef mkstemp.
        Include config.h.
        (rpl_mkstemp): Rename from mkstemp.
        Protoize.

2001-11-16  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * physmem.c [HAVE_SYS_PSTAT_H]: Include <sys/pstat.h>.
        (physmem_total) [HAVE_PSTAT_GETSTATIC]: If sysconf couldn't be used to
        determine the amount of total physical memory, use pstat_getstatic.
        HPUX-11 doesn't define _SC_PHYS_PAGES.
        (physmem_available) [HAVE_PSTAT_GETSTATIC && HAVE_PSTAT_GETDYNAMIC]:
        If sysconf couldn't be used to determine the amount of available
        physical memory, use both pstat_getstatic and pstat_getdynamic.
        Based on a patch from Bob Proulx.

2001-11-05  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * xstat.in (slash_aware_lstat): Correct a misleading comment.

2001-11-03  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * argmatch.h (ARGMATCH_TO_ARGUMENT): Remove casts of first two args
        in argmatch_to_argument call.

        * dirfd.c (dirfd): Reflect the fact that DIR_TO_FD now takes an
        argument.

        * hash.c (hash_clear): Fix a bug that could lead to an infloop or
        e.g., a fault due to an attempt to free a NULL pointer.

2001-11-01  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * dirfd.c, dirfd.h: New files.
        * Makefile.am (libfetish_a_SOURCES): Add dirfd.h.

        * hash.c (hash_print) [TESTING]: Clean up.

2001-10-22  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * hard-locale.c (alloca): Define to __builtin_alloca if __GNUC__,
        to avoid a warning if -Wall.

2001-10-21  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * regex.c (uintptr_t): Remove macro and decl; it's config.h's job.

2001-10-21  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * obstack.c (_): Honor the setting of ENABLE_NLS.  Otherwise,
        this code would end up calling gettext even in packages built
        with --disable-nls.
        * getopt.c (_): Likewise.
        * regex.c (_): Likewise.

2001-10-20  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * error.c (strerror_r): Do not declare unless !_LIBC.
        Do not check for HAVE_DECL_STRERROR_R missing unless STRERROR_R_CHAR_P.
        Use strerror_r that is only a macro, even if it is not a function.
        (strerror): Check for HAVE_DECL_STRERROR before declaring.
        (private_strerror): Use prototypes, not old-style function definition.
        (print_errno_message): New function.
        Support the POSIX 'int'-flavored strerror_r, as well as the traditional
        char*-flavored one.
        (error_tail, error, error_at_line): Use it.

2001-10-11  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * argmatch.c (argmatch_invalid): Use quotearg_n_style (0, ...
        and quote_n (1, ... to avoid clobbering a buffer.

2001-10-05  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * Makefile.am: (libfetish_a_SOURCES): Add hash-pjw.c and hash-pjw.h.
        * hash-pjw.c: New file (factored out of fileutils' remove.c).
        * hash-pjw.h: New file.

        * exclude.c (excluded_filename): 0 -> false, since it's
        * xgetcwd.c: Don't include pathmax.h.

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m4/ChangeLog    2001/11/20 10:38:47     1.374
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2001-11-20  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * mkstemp.m4 (UTILS_FUNC_MKSTEMP): Update comment to reflect that
        SunOS4.1.4 and solaris2.5.1 lose, too.

2001-11-19  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * mkstemp.m4 (UTILS_FUNC_MKSTEMP): Don't bother with a temporary
        directory.  Use "conftestXXXXXX" as the template.
        Suggestion from Paul Eggert.

        * mkstemp.m4 (UTILS_FUNC_MKSTEMP): Close each descriptor immediately,
        so the test doesn't mistakenly hit the max-open-files limit.

2001-11-18  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * prereq.m4 (jm_PREREQ_TEMPNAME): Check for declaration of getenv.

2001-11-17  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * mkstemp.m4 (UTILS_FUNC_MKSTEMP): New file and macro.
        Prompted by a report from Bob Proulx.

        * jm-macros.m4 (jm_MACROS): Don't test for mkstemp here.
        Instead, require UTILS_FUNC_MKSTEMP.

2001-11-11  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * jm-macros.m4 (jm_MACROS): Remove code to set POW_LIBM.
        Now, that's done as part of AC_FUNC_STRTOD.

2001-10-22  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * jm-winsz1.m4 (jm_WINSIZE_IN_PTEM): Do not define
        WINSIZE_IN_PTEM if <termios.h> defines struct winsize.

2001-11-10  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * prereq.m4 (jm_PREREQ_PHYSMEM): New function.
        (jm_PREREQ): Use it.

2001-11-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * jm-macros.m4: Require autoconf-2.52f.
        (AC_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE, AC_FUNC_OBSTACK, AC_FUNC_STRTOD):
        Use these AC_-prefixed names, not the AM_-prefixed ones.

        * afs.m4 (jm_AFS): Quote the body.  Patch by Akim Demaille.

2001-11-04  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * fpending.m4: Remove unused cruft that saved, set, and restored $DEFS.

2001-11-03  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * jm-glibc-io.m4n (jm_FUNC_GLIBC_UNLOCKED_IO): Quote first arg
        of AC_DEFUN.

        * dirfd.m4 (UTILS_FUNC_DIRFD): Rework so dirfd.c doesn't have to
        know the name of the variable in the macro definition.

2001-11-01  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * dirfd.m4 (UTILS_FUNC_DIRFD): New macro.
        * jm-macros.m4 (jm_MACROS): Require UTILS_FUNC_DIRFD.

2001-10-20  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * error.m4 (jm_PREREQ_ERROR):
        Do not invoke AC_CHECK_FUNCS with strerror_r, as
        AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R does that.
        Check for strerror declaration.

        * strerror_r.m4: Add copyright notice, as nontrivial m4 files
        are supposed to have them these days.
        (AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R): Always do char* test, so that it gets cached.
        Merge changes from latest Autoconf CVS.
        Rename ac_cv_func_strerror_r_works to ac_cv_func_strerror_r_char_p,
        and rename HAVE_WORKING_STRERROR_R to STRERROR_R_CHAR_P, since
        POSIX decided to standardize on the int flavor of strerror_r.