Re: [Platform-testers] new snapshot available: coreutils-8.12.178-df9cd

[Markus Duft]

On 08/31/11 21:40, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Wow.  There have been nearly 1000 commits in *gnulib* since coreutils-8.12.
> With 178 in coreutils proper, that is well above average[*].
> If all goes well, I'll release coreutils-8.13 early next week,
> so please beat this up (i.e., test) on a whatever systems you can.

beat up... well... you know interix, right? :D

i have two small patches (i had those for previous versions too... guess i 
forgot to submit them somehow...). could you review those, and give me some 
feedback? also attached is a test-suite log for interix. there are some 
problems i dind't investigate any further so far. 

one thing i saw is, that "df /" doesn't work, possibly because on interix "/" 
is not in the list of mounted filesystems? only /dev/fs/C is there, and df will 
fail on any path not starting with this.

also, one more thing i saw from the gentoo ebuilds: we're adding those to 
CFLAGS for building, as otherwise "id" will be dead slow on domain-controlled 
windows machines:
 -Dgetgrgid=getgrgid_nomembers -Dgetgrent=getgrent_nomembers 
-Dgetgrnam=getgrnam_nomembers

is there a sane way to get those into the coreutils configure/source?

regards,
markus

> 
> A first for this snapshot, I've Cc'd the brand new platform-testers
> mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-testers
> 
> 
> coreutils snapshot: (.gz files are here, too)
>   http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz      4.8 MB
>   http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz.sig
>   http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-8.12.178-df9cd.tar.xz
> 
> There are .gz and .sig files here, too:
>   http://people.redhat.com/meyering/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz
>   http://people.redhat.com/meyering/cu/coreutils-8.12.178-df9cd.tar.xz
> 
> 
> Here's the NEWS, followed by git-shortlog output, followed
> by a summary of commits per release since 6.9.
> I've omitted the 969 lines of gnulib's shortlog output.
> 
> ===========================================================================
> 
> ** Bug fixes
> 
>   chown and chgrp with the -v --from= options, now output the correct owner.
>   I.E. for skipped files, the original ownership is output, not the new one.
>   [bug introduced in sh-utils-2.0g]
> 
>   cp -r could mistakenly change the permissions of an existing destination
>   directory.  [bug introduced in coreutils-6.8]
> 
>   cp -u -p would fail to preserve one hard link for each up-to-date copy
>   of a src-hard-linked name in the destination tree.  I.e., if s/a and s/b
>   are hard-linked and dst/s/a is up to date, "cp -up s dst" would copy s/b
>   to dst/s/b rather than simply linking dst/s/b to dst/s/a.
>   [This bug appears to have been present in "the beginning".]
> 
>   fts-using tools (rm, du, chmod, chgrp, chown, chcon) no longer use memory
>   proportional to the number of entries in each directory they process.
>   Before, rm -rf 4-million-entry-directory would consume about 1GiB of memory.
>   Now, it uses less than 30MB, no matter how many entries there are.
>   [this bug was inherent in the use of fts: thus, for rm the bug was
>   introduced in coreutils-8.0.  The prior implementation of rm did not use
>   as much memory.  du, chmod, chgrp and chown started using fts in 6.0.
>   chcon was added in coreutils-6.9.91 with fts support.  ]
> 
>   pr -T no longer ignores a specified LAST_PAGE to stop at.
>   [bug introduced in textutils-1.19q]
> 
>   printf '%d' '"' no longer accesses out-of-bounds memory in the diagnostic.
>   [bug introduced in sh-utils-1.16]
> 
>   split --number l/... no longer creates extraneous files in certain cases.
>   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.8]
> 
>   timeout now sends signals to commands that create their own process group.
>   timeout is no longer confused when starting off with a child process.
>   [bugs introduced in coreutils-7.0]
> 
>   unexpand -a now aligns correctly when there are spaces spanning a tabstop,
>   followed by a tab.  In that case a space was dropped, causing misalignment.
>   We also now ensure that a space never precedes a tab.
>   [bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0]
> 
> ** Changes in behavior
> 
>   chmod, chown and chgrp now output the original attributes in messages,
>   when -v or -c specified.
> 
>   cp -au (where --preserve=links is implicit) may now replace newer
>   files in the destination, to mirror hard links from the source.
> 
> ** New features
> 
>   md5sum accepts the new --strict option.  With --check, it makes the
>   tool exit non-zero for any invalid input line, rather than just warning.
>   This also affects sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum and sha512sum.
> 
>   split accepts a new --filter=CMD option.  With it, split filters output
>   through CMD.  CMD may use the $FILE environment variable, which is set to
>   the nominal output file name for each invocation of CMD.  For example, to
>   split a file into 3 approximately equal parts, which are then compressed:
>     split -n3 --filter='xz > $FILE.xz' big
>   Note the use of single quotes, not double quotes.
>   That creates files named xaa.xz, xab.xz and xac.xz.
> 
>   timeout accepts a new --foreground option, to support commands not started
>   directly from a shell prompt, where the command is interactive or needs to
>   receive signals initiated from the terminal.
> 
> ** Improvements
> 
>   cp and ls now support HP-UX 11.11's ACLs, thanks to improved support
>   in gnulib.
> 
>   df now supports disk partitions larger than 4 TiB on MacOS X 10.5
>   or newer and on AIX 5.2 or newer.
> 
>   join --check-order now prints "join: FILE:LINE_NUMBER: bad_line" for an
>   unsorted input, rather than e.g., "join: file 1 is not in sorted order".
> 
>   shuf outputs small subsets of large permutations much more efficiently.
>   For example `shuf -i1-$((2**32-1)) -n2` no longer exhausts memory.
> 
>   stat -f now recognizes the GPFS, MQUEUE and PSTOREFS file system types.
> 
>   timeout now supports sub-second timeouts.
> 
> ** Build-related
> 
>   Changes inherited from gnulib address a build failure on HP-UX 11.11
>   when using /opt/ansic/bin/cc.
> 
> ===========================================================================
> 
> Benoît Knecht (6):
>       doc: note date's %k, %l are space-padded and equivalent to %_H and %_I
>       doc: note that cp -l creates _hard_ links
>       doc: don't terminate SEE ALSO sections with a period
>       dircolors: highlight .webm multimedia files
>       doc: note the order in which wc counts are printed
>       doc: describe the file permissions set by mktemp
> 
> Bernhard Voelker (6):
>       chmod: output the original mode in verbose mode
>       tests: improve init.sh by removing w2_
>       tests: cp/sparse-fiemap: use "head -n99" in place of "head -99"
>       tests: stat-free-color: do not count stat calls before main
>       maint: fix warning 'possible use of "=" where "==" was intended'
>       maint: remove empty statement after jump label
> 
> Bruno Haible (1):
>       doc: mention the restrictions for stdbuf more prominently
> 
> Eric Blake (2):
>       build: update to latest gnulib
>       build: list makeinfo 4.13 as a build-from-git requirement
> 
> Erik Auerswald (1):
>       doc: correct typo in yesterday's NEWS entry: 30GB -> 30MB
> 
> Ivan Sichmann Freitas (2):
>       maint: fix comment typos in df.c
>       doc: add a vim indentation example
> 
> James Youngman (2):
>       maint: use stat-size module from gnulib
>       maint: typo: insert omitted word in test comment
> 
> Jeff Liu (1):
>       copy: correct misuse of quote in diagnostic
> 
> Jim Meyering (89):
>       post-release administrivia
>       tests: write skip explanation from perl scripts also to outer stderr
>       tests: remove useless test: misc/pwd-unreadable-parent
>       tests: distribute new file, CuSkip.pm
>       maint: adjust split.c formatting to conform
>       build: avoid bootstrap failure when $GZIP is set
>       copy: fix my typo
>       doc: remove a name from THANKS.in that is derived from git log
>       maint: remove unnecessary listing of update-copyright in Makefile.am
>       maint: remove use of gnulib's obsolete strtol module
>       build: update gnulib submodule to latest
>       tests: test split's new --filter=CMD option
>       doc: document split's new --filter=CMD option
>       tests: don't fail the split --filter=CMD test if xz is not available
>       maint: tail: mark a global variable as static
>       maint: remove syntax-checking sc_tight_scope rule
>       build: update gnulib submodule to latest
>       maint: use <unistd.h>, not "group-member.h"
>       ls: allow stat-free use of --color
>       tests: use skip_test_, not skip_
>       maint: add new syntax-check rule to prohibit use of skip_
>       maint: avoid syntax-check failure due to long line
>       maint: correct typos involving misuse of "a" and "an"
>       doc: fix a formatting nit in od's texinfo documentation
>       tests: fix typo in tac-continue
>       doc: describe how kernel inotify support affects tail -f
>       maint: avoid trivial syntax-check failure
>       touch: placate static analyzers: no NULL-deref is possible
>       doc: make README-hacking slightly more generic
>       maint: accommodate gnulib's newer tight_scope rule
>       tests: ls/stat-free-color: fix unwarranted failure on a 32-bit system
>       shred: placate coverity and fix a comment
>       maint: env.c: remove unnecessary use of strchr
>       maint: enforce cpp indentation policy
>       maint: accommodate gcc's -Wstrict-overflow option
>       build: --enable-gcc-warnings: enable -Wstrict-overflow in src/
>       tests: move tests/misc/split-* into tests/split/...
>       maint: remove useless (off_t) cast of lseek arg
>       ls: placate gcc-4.7.0's -Wstrict-overflow
>       maint: placate -Wsign-compare when it's non-invasive
>       maint: remove unnecessary gnulib .diff file
>       tail: fix an inconsequential bug spotted by coverity
>       tests: stat-free-color: accommodate stat of /selinux on rawhide
>       maint: remove now-spurious curly braces
>       build: require at least 2-year old autoconf-2.64 (was 2.62)
>       tests: inotify-rotate: avoid false positive under heavy load
>       tests: avoid sort-spinlock-abuse false positive under heavy load
>       doc: add NEWS items for recent gnulib fixes
>       init.sh: accommodate shells for which 1>&$stderr_fileno_ fails
>       maint: revert previous commit
>       init.sh: sync from gnulib
>       tests: accommodate HP-UX and ksh-derived shells
>       tests: use printf, not echo in init.sh's warn_ function
>       tests: make init.sh's warn_ emit to both the tty and the log file
>       tests: remove skip_test_ function; use new skip_ instead
>       tests: avoid sort-spinlock-abuse false positive under heavy load
>       maint: use modules/tempname.diff file, not a replacement; update gnulib
>       tests: sort-debug-keys: fix a bug with translated diagnostics
>       stdbuf: fix automake variable name to work with cutting edge automake
>       maint: update THANKS.in
>       tests: init.sh: use "sed 1q" in place of "head -1"
>       build: bootstrap: remove obsolete gettext-related file exclusions
>       maint: don't use gnulib's pathmax module; define PATH_MAX if needed
>       doc: clarify an improvement from coreutils-7.0
>       doc: improve ls --help grammar
>       buffer_lcm: declare with _GL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST
>       maint: use "const" and "pure" function attributes where possible
>       stat: recognize GPFS as a file system type
>       tests: exercise md5sum's new --strict option
>       maint: add syntax-check rule to prohibit "."-terminated "SEE ALSO"
>       build: update gnulib submodule to latest
>       df: support partitions larger than 4 TiB on MacOS >= 10.5 & AIX >=5.2
>       build: update gnulib to fix a build warning/error in a test program
>       cp -up: preserve all hard links
>       maint: use consistent style in C and test scripts
>       doc: mention cp's dir-permissions fix
>       build: update gnulib, for "make syntax-check" fix
>       build: require gnulib's fclose module
>       maint: accommodate old-NEWS update
>       maint: prevent accidental future use of the old shell function name
>       maint: add copyright notice to init.cfg
>       maint: use xcalloc rather than xmalloc+memset (no semantic change)
>       join: with --check-order print offending file name, line number and data
>       tests: avoid lack-of-support du test failure on HP-UX 11.31
>       maint: use gnulib's new largefile modulue
>       rm, du, chmod, chown, chgrp: use much less memory for large directories
>       tests: adjust the new, very expensive rm test to be less expensive
>       maint: rename a test
>       date: support parsing of ISO-8601-with-"T" dates
> 
> Karl Berry (1):
>       maint: README-hacking clarifications
> 
> Karl Heuer (1):
>       split: accept new output --filter=CMD option
> 
> Marek Polacek (1):
>       yes.c: do not use exit after error
> 
> Mike Frysinger (1):
>       dircolors: add screen.Eterm terminal type
> 
> Patrick Schoenfeld (1):
>       md5sum, sha1sum, etc: accept new option: --strict
> 
> Paul Eggert (18):
>       * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): I/0 -> I/O (sr#107504)
>       * src/fiemap.h (struct fiemap.fm_extents): Change size to 1.
>       * src/dd.c: Remove obsolete comments re POSIX.
>       csplit: don't prematurely terminate cleanup (Bug#9076)
>       dd: port to NonStop (Bug#9076)
>       ls: port to NonStop (Bug#9076)
>       timeout: port to NonStop (Bug#9077)
>       * src/timeout.c (main): Use waitpid, not wait (Bug#9098).
>       Fix capiTalization in comments.
>       timeout: treat seconds counts like 'sleep' does
>       timeout: add regression test (Bug#9098)
>       * NEWS: Mention fix for Bug#9098.
>       dd, shred: use fdatasync only if declared
>       cp: don't mishandle existing dir dest permissions (Bug#9170)
>       * NEWS: Say that 6.12 preserved ns-resolution timestamps.
>       mktemp: stir in enough entropy (Bug#6683)
>       bootstrap: use latest gnulib bootstrap, gettext
>       pathchk: port to hosts where mbstate_t is replaced
> 
> Pádraig Brady (39):
>       df: fix crash in mem exhaustion edge case
>       sort: fix a contradictory --debug warning
>       maint: remove -Wmissing-field-initializers workarounds
>       shuf: use memory more efficiently when returning a subset
>       tests: refactor more tests to use mkfifo_or_skip_
>       doc: mention that ls time ordering is newest first
>       printf: fix an out-of-bounds memory access
>       doc: improve tail -f vs. inotify description and advice
>       split: fix cases where -n l/... creates extraneous files
>       split: fix an edge case where -n l/... creates an extra file
>       split: return success even if a --filter exits
>       split: exit when we can no longer write to a --filter
>       split: diagnose when --filter is used with a chunk number
>       maint: split: remove --filter specific code from other paths
>       maint: fix a -Wstrict-overflow build failure with gcc 4.5
>       chown,chgrp: output the correct ownership in -v messages
>       chown,chgrp: output the original ownership in -v messages
>       doc: add examples to date --help
>       maint: remove unneeded includes
>       tests: avoid a false failure on HPUX systems
>       maint: remove duplicate names from THANKS
>       maint: avoid a false positive syntax check
>       stat: recognize MQUEUE and PSTOREFS file systems
>       doc: detail the effect of disabling input buffering with stdbuf
>       timeout: add --foreground to support interactive commands
>       timeout: support cascaded timeouts
>       timeout: handle signals more transparently
>       doc: list all new file system types recognized by stat -f
>       build: avoid a fiemap compile failure on some systems
>       build: avoid a st_blksize compile failure on some systems
>       unexpand: fix misalignment when spaces span a tabstop
>       maint: remove a redundant call to gl_CLOCK_TIME
>       timeout: support sub-second timeouts
>       tests: cp/preserve-link: test all relevant paths
>       maint: copy: refactor hard link creation
>       doc: mention the new mirroring behavior of cp -au
>       pr: fix so that LAST_PAGE is honored with -T
>       timeout: revert signal propagation enhancement
>       build: heap.c: make possible gnulib candidate c89 compatible
> 
> Stefano Lattarini (5):
>       maint: fix typo in comment in configure.ac
>       tests: make test runner a script, not a shell function
>       tests: avoid extra forks in the testsuite
>       tests: remove obsolete 'error_' shell function
>       tests: complete the renaming framework_failure -> framework_failure_
> 
> Stéphane Raimbault (1):
>       doc: add a missing space in timeout --help
> 
> ======================================
> * gnulib a81348d...9926b90 (969):
> ...<969 lines elided>...
> 
> ===========================================================================
> Wondering about average commits per release, I wrote this tiny script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> prev=
> { git tag | grep '^v' | sort -V; echo HEAD; } | \
>   while read v; do
>     printf $v
>     test -z $prev && { echo; prev=$v; continue; }
>     n=$(git rev-list $prev..$v|wc -l)
>     printf "\t%3d\n" $n
>     prev=$v
>   done
> exit
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> Here's its output for coreutils:
> 
>     v6.9
>     v6.9.89 381
>     v6.9.90  68
>     v6.9.91  15
>     v6.9.92  27
>     v6.10    12
>     v6.11   201
>     v6.12   112
>     v7.0    226
>     v7.1    195
>     v7.2     90
>     v7.3     72
>     v7.4     11
>     v7.5    135
>     v7.6     82
>     v8.0     66
>     v8.1    130
>     v8.2     39
>     v8.3     59
>     v8.4     15
>     v8.5    103
>     v8.6    200
>     v8.7     37
>     v8.8     83
>     v8.9     14
>     v8.10    81
>     v8.11    74
>     v8.12    21
>     HEAD    178
> 
> So, yes, "178" is above the average (for the above subset) of 97.4.
>

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