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Pádraig Brady
e0cce6b62a doc: update THANKS related to env --argv0 option
* THANKS.in: Add Matheus who was central to the env --argv0
addition in commit v9.4-167-g193449b17.
2024-03-24 17:56:36 +00:00
Greg Wooledge
d39c523728 doc: fix typo in shred example
* doc/coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Fix the example
to correctly close file descriptor 3.
* THANKS.in: Remove old email since now recorded in repo history.
Reported at https://bugs.debian.org/1063837
2024-02-17 13:15:51 +00:00
Samuel Tardieu
f07f5b008f maint: add attributes to two functions without side effects
* src/date.c (res_width): This function computes its result solely
from the value of its parameter and qualifies for the const attribute.
* src/tee.c (get_next_out): This function has no side effect and
qualifies for the pure attribute.
* THANKS.in: Remove duplicate now that author has a commit in the repo.

Those two functions were flagged by GCC 12.3.0,
though not by GCC 13.2.1.
2024-01-06 15:42:44 +00:00
Paul Eggert
2dddc87214 maint: spelling fixes, including author names
Most of this just affects commentary and documentations.  The only
significant behavior change is translating author names via
proper_name_lite rather than proper_name_utf8, or not translating
them at all.  proper_name_lite is good enough for coreutils and
avoids the bloat that had coreutils not using Gnulib proper_name.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Use propername-lite instead
of propername.
(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS): Look for proper_name_lite instead of for
proper_name_utf8.
* cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Remove
sc_proper_name_utf8_requires_ICONV, since we no longer use
proper_name_utf8.
(old_NEWS_hash): Update.
(sc_check-I18N-AUTHORS): Remove; no longer needed.
2023-08-28 14:06:43 -07:00
Pádraig Brady
e8858f1515 b2sum: fix UAR with --check with malformed checksum lines
* src/digest.c (split_3): Reinstate the check for whitespace after the
digest portion of the line, so that we exit early before inspecting
the file name which would be outside the passed buffer in the case
where the input does not contain a newline.
* tests/cksum/b2sum.sh: Add a test case.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
* THANKS.in: Add Frank Busse who has reported multiple bugs using KLEE.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/64229
2023-06-22 23:22:07 +01:00
Pádraig Brady
d195e3863c tail: improve --follow=name with single non regular files
* src/tail (tail_forever): Attempt to read() from non blocking
single non regular file, which shouldn't block, but also
read data even when the mtime doesn't change.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
* THANKS.in: Thanks for detailed testing.
2023-02-06 16:28:53 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
ce2b875cd7 wc: add --total={auto,never,always,only} option
without this option, control of when the total is output
is quite awkward. Consider trying to suppress the total line,
which could be achieved with something like:

   wc-no-total() { wc "$@" /dev/null | head -n-2; }

As well as being non obvious, it's also non general.
It would give a non failure, but zero count if passed a file on stdin.
Also it doesn't work in conjunction with the --files0-from option,
which would need to be handled differently with something like:

   { find files -print0; printf '%s\0' /dev/null; } |
   wc --files0-from=- |
   head -n2

Also getting just the total can be awkward as file names
are only suppressed when processing stdin, and
also a total line is only printed if processing more than one file.
For completness this might be achieved currently with:

  wc-only-total() {
    wc "$@" |
    tail -n1 |
    sed 's/^ *//; s/ [^ 0-9]*$//'
  }

* src/wc.c: Add new --total option.
* tests/misc/wc-total.sh: New test suite for the new option.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* doc/coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Document the new option.
* THANKS.in: Add suggestor.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2022-09-26 15:04:56 +01:00
Stefan Kangas
875c636ce5 all: prefer HTTPS to HTTP
* README-hacking:
* README-prereq:
* THANKS.in:
* doc/sort-version.texi (Other version/natural sort implementations):
* gl/lib/rand-isaac.c:
* gl/tests/test-rand-isaac.c:
* src/operand2sig.c (operand2sig):
* src/remove.c (nonexistent_file_errno):
* tests/misc/env-signal-handler.sh:
* tests/misc/sort-debug-warn.sh (LC_ALL): Prefer HTTPS to HTTP.
Addresses https://bugs.gnu.org/56512
Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
2022-09-18 11:42:02 -07:00
Rasmus Villemoes
f45ab30c0b factor: --exponents: new option for printing in p^e format
When factoring numbers that have a large 2^n factor, it can be hard to
eyeball just how many 2's there are. Add an option to print each prime
power factor in the p^e format (omitting the exponent when it is 1).

* src/factor.c: Add -h, --exponents option for printing in p^e format.
* doc/coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Document the new option.
* tests/misc/factor.pl: Add test case.
* THANKS.in: Add previous suggester
(https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2017-11/msg00015.html).

Suggested-by: Emanuel Landeholm <emanuel.landeholm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>
2022-05-09 14:38:01 +01:00
Ville Skyttä
52aeae2c3d dircolors: colorize backup files with bright black
* src/dircolors.hin: Add patterns for suffixes for "backup files".
The color used is so they stand out less than non-backup files,
and bright black works well on both light and dark backgrounds.
* THANKS.in: Remove duplicate.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/54521
2022-04-03 20:59:38 +01:00
Pádraig Brady
6946f9e47d maint: remove duplicate from THANKS.in
* THANKS.in: Now that Tianjia Zhang has a commit in the repo.
2021-09-17 13:38:45 +01:00
Pádraig Brady
8362f2552a digest: add support for sm3
Add message digest sm3, which uses the OSCCA SM3 secure
hash (OSCCA GM/T 0004-2012 SM3) generic hash transformation.

* bootstrap.conf: Add the sm3 module.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Mention the cksum -a option.
* src/digest.c: Provide support for --algorithm='sm3'.
* tests/misc/sm3sum.pl: Add a new test (from Tianjia Zhang)
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.

Tested-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
2021-09-15 20:44:18 +01:00
Jan Nieuwenhuizen
516cdf38af build: once again distribute .tar.gz files
* configure.ac: Reenable distribution of gzip-compressed
tarballs, for Guix bootstrapping reasons as discussed at:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2020-02/msg00042.html
* THANKS.in: Remove me, as now a committer.
* NEWS (Build-related): Mention this.
2020-02-27 21:55:57 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
1f443fe572 rmdir: fix --ignore-fail-on-non-empty with permissions errors
Since v6.10-21-ged5c4e7 `rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty`
had reversed the failure status for directories that failed
to be removed for permissions reasons.  I.E. it would have
returned a failure status for such non empty dirs, and vice versa.

* src/rmdir.c (errno_may_be_non_empty): Rename from the
more confusing errno_may_be_empty(), and remove the EEXIST
case (specific to Solaris), which is moot here since
handled in errno_rmdir_non_empty().
(ignorable_failure): Fix the logic error so that
_non_ empty dirs are deemed to have ignorable failures.
(main): Fix clobbering of errno by is_empty_dir().
(remove_parents): Likewise.
* tests/rmdir/ignore.sh: Add a test case.
* THANKS.in: Add reporter who fixed the errno handling.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/39364
2020-02-04 19:11:37 +00:00
Akim Demaille
0e2d4e1425 maint: fix issues in syntax-check
* cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_colon_redirection): Don't expect `|` to denote
the pipe character in git grep.
(sc_tests_executable)
(sc_case_insensitive_file_names)
(sc_some_programs_must_avoid_exit_failure)
(sc_prohibit_test_background_without_cleanup_)
(sc_prohibit_test_calls_print_ver_with_irrelevant_argument)
(sc_prohibit_test_ulimit_without_require_)
(sc_prohibit_test_background_without_cleanup_)
(sc_THANKS_in_duplicates)
*sc_prohibit_test_calls_print_ver_with_irrelevant_argument):
Don't expect builddir to be a descendant of srcdir.
(sc_strftime_check): Don't check file size against 0 when "N\nq\n" was
already put in the file.
* THANKS.in: Remove me.
2019-08-04 11:11:16 -07:00
Pádraig Brady
738a746d82 split: fix failure for certain number of specified files
* src/split.c (set_suffix_length): Use a more standard
zero based logN calculation for the number of units.
* tests/split/suffix-auto-length.sh: Add a test case.
* THANKS.in: Mention the reporter.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/35291
2019-06-08 22:58:01 +01:00
Pádraig Brady
d3daa95096 cp: fix symlink checks when overwriting files
Ensure this _does_ recreate the symlink
  Given "path1" and "path2" are on different devices.
  $ touch "path1/file"
  $ cd path2/; ln -s path1/file
  $ cp -dsf path1/file .

Ensure this does _not_ overwrite file
  $ touch file
  $ ln -s file l1
  $ cp -sf l1 file

* src/copy.c (same_file_ok): Remove device ids from consideration,
instead deferring to future EXDEV with --link or allowing
the first case above to work.
Also ensure that we do not exist this function too early,
when the destination file is not a symlink, which protects
against the second case.
* tests/cp/cross-dev-symlink.sh: Add a test for the first case.
* tests/cp/same-file.sh: Add a test for the second case above.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fixes.
* THANKS.in: Mention the reporters who also analyzed the code.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/31364
2018-05-15 09:55:19 -07:00
Bernhard Voelker
1f52607fc3 maint: adjust email address of Keith Thompson in THANKS.in
* THANKS.in (Keith Thompson): Update email address as requested by
himself at https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2018-03/msg00004.html
2018-03-04 20:36:32 +01:00
Pádraig Brady
de15a497d1 dd: fix nocache regions passed to posix_fadvise()
Previously with oflag=direct the call to invalidate_cache()
was not passed to the kernel, as it was less than a page size,
and a subsequent call was not made to invalidate the pending space.
Similarly with oflag=nocache the pending space at EOF was
not invalidated.  Even though these amount to only a single page
in the page cache it can be significant.  For example on
XFS before kernel patch v4.9-rc1-4-g0ee7a3f, O_DIRECT files
would have been read inefficiently if any pages were cached,
even if they were already synced to storage.

* src/dd.c (i_nocache_eof, o_nocache_eof): New bools used
to control when we want invalidate_cache(,0) to clear to EOF.
(cache_round): Use IO_BUFSIZE (currently 132KiB) to minimize
calls to the relatively expensive advise function, rather
than page_size.  This also makes it clear that while the
kernel function operates on pages, this size is chosen for
performance reasons.
(invalidate_cache): Refactor to share more code between
input and output paths. Use i_nocache_eof and o_nocache_eof
rather than proxying off max_records.  Ensure we
invalidate full pages when clearing to EOF as the kernel
will ignore any non complete pages.  Fix the offset used
for the output path.
(dd_copy): Invalidate the cache of the input after the
offset is updated, for consistency and so we don't try to
invalidate before the start of the file.  When we read
EOF on input, set flags so that we invalidate to EOF.
(main): Invalidate to EOF in more cases, by depending
on the i_nocache_eof and o_nocache_eof flags.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Clarify the alignment
and persisted caveats on the example applying "nocache"
to part of a file.
* tests/dd/nocache_eof.sh: A new test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
Issue reported by Eric Bergen.
2017-10-24 19:38:12 -07:00
Pádraig Brady
63d2f05f52 tests: fix test hang on case insenitive file systems
* tests/split/filter.sh: Due to an invalid 'FILE = zero.in'
construct trying to initialize a FILE variable, it would
instead try to run the FILE command which is present on
macOS 10.13 with APFS.
We also remove a redundant duplicate test clause introduced
during a rebase, and simplify the piped timeout command,
to avoid requiring a subshell and associated quoting.
* THANKS.in: Add the reporter Jack Howarth.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/28506
2017-09-24 12:37:39 -07:00
Paul Eggert
be87d61299 all: prefer HTTPS in URLs 2017-09-19 01:22:54 -07:00
Josef Cejka
a19ff5d817 df: avoid stat() for dummy file systems with -l
When systemd is configured to automount a remote file system - see
'man systemd.automount(5)', then the mount point is initially
mounted by systemd with the file system type "autofs".
When the resource is used later on, then the wanted file system is
mounted over that mount point on demand.
'df -l' triggered systemd to mount the file system because it called
stat() on the mount point.
Instead of single-casing "autofs" targets, we can avoid stat()ing
all dummy file systems (which includes "autofs"), because those are
skipped later on in get_dev() anyway.

*src/df.c (filter_mount_list): Also skip dummy file systems unless
the -a option or a specific target are given.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.

Co-authored-by: Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>

Fixes http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043059
2017-08-28 23:22:28 -07:00
Pádraig Brady
ea94589e9e b2sum: a new checksum utility with md5sum like interface
Note we don't support the --algorithm option of the
b2sum command in the external BLAKE2 project, as that
was deemed too confusing for users.
"BLAKE2b" was chosen as the default algorithm to use,
which is single threaded but performs well on 64 bit.

* src/blake2: CC0 source copied from external project.
* cfg.mk[VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX]: Exclude blake2/
from syntax checks, make update-copyright, etc.
* src/local.mk: Reference the sources for b2sum,
and set the compilation flags.
* doc/coreutils.texi (b2sum invocation): Reference the
md5sum invocation node, and add descriptions of -l.
* tests/misc/b2sum.sh: Add new test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference new test.
* AUTHORS: Add new binary.
* README: Likewise.
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: Likewise.
* man/.gitignore: Likewise.
* scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Likewise.
* man/b2sum.x: New man page template.
* man/local.mk: Reference new template.
* src/.gitignore: Ignore new binaries.
* src/blake2/.gitignore: Ignore new build atrifacts.
* src/md5sum.c (usage): Describe the new -l option.
* NEWS: Mention the new program.
2016-11-22 20:04:24 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
f04daf570b tail: -F now always processes initially untailable files
which was not the case when inotify was not available.

* src/tail.c (any_live_files): Simplify, since the IGNORE
flag is now only set when a file should be ignored indefinitely.
(recheck): Only output the "giving up on name" message
when that's actually the case.  Only set the IGNORE flag
when ignoring a file indefinitely.
(tail_file): Likewise.
* tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Add a test case.  Also run
all existing test cases with and without inotify.
NEWS: Mention the fix.
THANKS.in: Add the reporter.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24495 which was detected
using Symbolic Execution techniques developed in
the course of the SYMBIOSYS research project at
COMSYS, RWTH Aachen University.
2016-09-28 23:40:47 +01:00
Philipp Thomas
1c17f61ef9 df: improve performance with many mount points
Use hash table for seaching in filter_mount_list() and get_dev()

This improves performance for 20K mount entries from:
  real    0m1.731s
  user    0m0.532s
  sys     0m1.188s
to:
  real    0m1.066s
  user    0m0.028s
  sys     0m1.032s

* src/df.c (devlist_table): Define hash table.
(devlist_hash): Add hash function.
(devlist_compare): Add hash comparison function.
(devlist_for_dev): Add lookup function.
(devlist_free): Add cleanup function.
(filter_mount_list): Use the above hash table.
While at it, rename the variable 'devlist' to 'seen_dev' for
better readability.
(me_for_dev): Use the above lookup function.
NEWS: Mention the improvement.
THANKS.in: Remove the committer; add original submitter Josef Cejka.
2016-08-03 12:35:47 +01:00
Göran Uddeborg
222e83056d stty: fix translated --help so the gettext header is not printed
* src/stty.c (usage): Remove an erroneous call to translate an
empty string, added in commit v8.23-112-g564f84a, which results
in the gettext header being printed for translated languages.
* THANKS.in: Remove the now committer.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2016-02-15 13:06:23 -08:00
Vincent Lefevre
380ab8453d doc: fix the --iso-8601 example in date --help
* src/date.c (usage): The colon is used in the timezone offset
since commit v8.24-64-g17bbf6c.
* THANKS.in: Remove committer.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/22491
2016-01-29 23:12:08 -08:00
Pádraig Brady
6ceb7ef87f doc: suggest dd "sync" flag to maximize "nocache" effectiveness
doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Add oflag=sync to the streaming
example.  Also reference the "direct" flag.  Mention this is only
a request to the system.
* src/dd.c (usage): Mention the "sync" flag along with "nocache".
Also mention that it's only a request to drop the cache.
* THANKS.in: Add reporter Francois Rigault.
2016-01-13 11:16:39 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
c7f049c503 doc: give a tee example for combining process substitution outputs
This can be useful if you want to further process data
from process substitutions. For example:
  datagen | tee >(md5sum --tag) > >(sha256sum --tag) | sort

* doc/coreutils.texi (tee invocation): Mention that -p is
useful with pipes that may not consume all data.
Add an example, similar to the one above.
* THANKS.in: Add Jirka Hladky.
2015-11-21 16:45:18 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
89c517d9e2 base32: A new program similar to base64
Suggested in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1250113

* AUTHORS: Add base32.
* THANKS.in: Add suggester.
* README: Reference the new program.
* NEWS: Mention the new program.
* src/.gitignore: Ignore the new binary.
* bootstrap.conf: Reference the gnulib base32 module.
* build-aux/gen-lists-of-programs.sh: Add base32.
* man/base32.x: A new template.
* man/.gitignore: Ignore the new man page.
* man/local.mk: Reference the new man page.
* doc/coreutils.texi (base32 invocation): Document the new command.
* src/local.mk: Adjust to build base32 based on base64.c.
* src/base64.c: Parameterize to use the correct headers,
functions and buffer sizes, depending on which binary
is being built.
* tests/misc/base64.pl: Adjust to test both base32 and base64.
* tests/misc/tty-eof.pl: Add base32 as a program that
accepts input on stdin without any options specified.
* scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Add base32 to the template.
2015-09-03 00:33:19 +01:00
Andreas Gruenbacher
88e491044b doc: clarify how cp behaves with default ACLs
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that when copying files
without preserving permissions, the umask or a default ACL affect
the mode of new files.
* THANKS.in: Remove committer.
Related to http://bugs.gnu.org/8527
2015-04-13 09:39:37 +01:00
Bernhard Voelker
7b1ca5ffd6 maint: sort contributors in THANKS.in
* THANKS.in: Document the preferred sort order as a comment
at the top of the file.  Change "Марк Коренберг" to latin1
("Mark Korenberg").  Sort all entries.
* cfg.mk (sc_THANKS_in_sorted): Add rule to ensure that
'THANKS.in' remains sorted.
2015-02-09 02:42:40 +01:00
Pádraig Brady
235d52c3ea tail: return inotify resources where possible
Each user has a maximum number of inotify watches,
so handle the cases where we exhaust these resources.

* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Ensure we inotify_rm_watch()
the watch for an inode, when replacing with a new watch for a name.
Return all used inotify resources when reverting to polling.
Revert to polling upon first indication of inotify resource exhaustion.
Revert to polling on any inotify resource exhaustion.
Diagnose resource exhaustion correctly in all cases.
Avoid redundant reinsertion in the hash for unchanged watches
(where only attributes of the file are changed).
* tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Avoid false failure when reverting to polling.
* tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh: Likewise.
* tests/tail-2/symlink.sh: Likewise.
* tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: New test to check
that we're calling inotify_rm_watch() for replaced files.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
* THANKS.in: Thanks for reporting and problem identification.
2015-02-06 10:41:06 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
c4c2a09cc8 maint: fix typo in THANKS.in in previous commit
* THANKS.in: s/Stehpen/Stephen/
2015-01-19 23:18:46 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
4c77bd23e8 doc: clarify that du operands are interdependent
Following on from http://bugs.gnu.org/17546
make it more obvious that du may elide specified operands
to avoid double counting in the set.

* src/du.c (usage): Specify that du operates on the set of
operands, rather than each independently.
* doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Likewise.  Also state
that the number of entries printed may change due to the
order specified.  Currently, deeper items specified earlier
will result in them being displayed, but don't mention that
implementation detail in the documentation.
* THANKS.in: Add reporter.
Reported by Stephen Shirley
2015-01-19 11:10:02 +00:00
Bernhard Voelker
8799c82d81 maint: fix how to request changes for THANKS.in
* THANKS.in: Change the comment at the top to send change requests
regarding this file to the main mailing list rather than referring
to cp's --help output for the mailing list's address - which does
not include that information anymore.
2014-12-16 10:42:54 +01:00
Rasmus Borup Hansen
65d8e6906a cp: remove redundant possibly expensive heap deallocation
If the hash structures grow sufficiently large so that
the system is actively swapping, then the deallocation
can take a significant amount of time.  Details at:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2014-08/msg00012.html

* src/cp.c (main): Only call hash deallocation routines
when in lint checking mode.
* THANKS.in: Remove as now in the git author list.
2014-08-11 15:58:34 +01:00
Ben Walton
1239ac573d maint: avoid compiler warnings with some assert() implementations
* src/df.c (get_dev): asssert() on Solaris 10 is not marked as
__noreturn__ and thus the compiler may think V is uninitialized
later on in the function.
* THANKS.in: Remove the now committer.
2014-06-02 20:44:07 +01:00
Pádraig Brady
7c03fe2c9f tests: fix false dd conv=sparse failure on newer XFS
* tests/dd/sparse.sh: When testing that a hole is created,
use an existing sparse destination file, so that we're
not write extending the file size, and thus avoiding
speculative preallocation which can result in smaller
holes than requested.
Workaround suggested by Brian Foster
2014-04-11 23:52:08 +01:00
Paul Eggert
9111dd2499 head: port to Darwin and use simpler seeks
This removes an unportable assumption that if lseek succeeds, the
file is capable of seeking.  See: http://bugs.gnu.org/17145
* src/head.c (elseek): New function, for consistency in reporting
lseek failures.
(elide_tail_bytes_file, elide_tail_lines_seekable)
(elide_tail_lines_file, head_lines, head): Use it.
(elide_tail_bytes_file, elide_tail_lines_file):
New args CURRENT_POS and SIZE.  All uses changed.  Don't bother
invoking lseek, since we know the file's pos and size now.
(elide_tail_bytes_file): Change a local from uintmax_t to off_t,
since it fits.
(head): Use lseek only on regular files, since its behavior on
unseekable devices is implementation-defined.
* NEWS: Document this.
2014-04-02 07:45:58 -07:00
Pádraig Brady
5f9a5b3f03 split: avoid unnecessary input buffering
Input buffering is best avoided because it introduces
delayed processing of output for intermittent input,
especially when the output size is less than that of
the input buffer.  This is significant when output
is being further processed which could happen if split
is writing to precreated fifos, or through --filter.

If input is arriving quickly from a pipe then this will
already be buffered before we read it, so fast arriving
input shouldn't be a performance issue.

* src/split.c (lines_split, lines_bytes_split, bytes_split,
lines_chunk_split, bytes_chunk_extract): s/full_read/safe_read/.
* THANKS.in: Mention the reporter.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
2014-03-24 09:10:20 +00:00
Edward Welbourne
c9e410761d doc: avoid regex ambiguity in chmod mode description
* man/chmod.x: s/[+-=]/[-+=]/
* doc/perm.texi (Symbolic Modes): Likewise.
* THANKS.in: Remove patch owner.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/17041
2014-03-19 19:07:44 +00:00
Jim Meyering
0093ac8d57 ln: with -sr, don't segfault for a TARGET of ''
Prior to this change, "ln -sr '' F" would segfault, attempting
to read path2[1] in relpath.c's path_common_prefix function.
This problem arises whenever canonicalize_filename_mode returns
NULL.
* src/ln.c (convert_abs_rel): Call relpath only when
both canonicalize_filename_mode calls return non-NULL.
* tests/ln/relative.sh: Add a test to trigger this failure.
* THANKS.in: List reporter's name/address.
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
Reported by Erik Bernstein in 739752@bugs.debian.org.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/17010.
2014-03-13 20:05:10 -07:00
Pádraig Brady
e972be3c4b chroot: improve --userspec and --groups look-up
- Support arbitrary numbers in --groups, consistent with
  what is already done for --userspec
- Avoid look-ups entirely for --groups items with a leading '+'
- Support names that are actually numbers in --groups
- Ignore an empty --groups="" option for consistency with --userspec
- Look up both inside and outside the chroot with inside taking
  precedence.  The look-up outside may load required libraries
  to complete the look-up inside the chroot.  This can happen for
  example with a 32 bit chroot on a 64 bit system, where the
  32 bit NSS plugins within the chroot fail to load.

* src/chroot.c (parse_additional_groups): A new function refactored
from set_addition_groups(), to just do the parsing.  The actual
setgroups() call is separated out for calling from the chroot later.
(main): Call parse_user_spec() and parse_additional_groups()
both outside and inside the chroot for the reasons outlined above.
* tests/misc/chroot-credentials.sh: Ensure arbitrary numeric IDs
can be specified without causing look-up errors.
* NEWS: Mention the improvements.
* THANKS.in: Add Norihiro Kamae who initially reported the issue
with a proposed patch.
Also thanks to Dmitry V. Levin for his diagnosis and sample patch.
2014-03-13 14:07:45 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
7fa1641db0 ln: fix replacing symbolic links whose targets can't exist
* src/ln.c (errno_nonexisting): A new function to determine if
the errno implies that a file doesn't or can't (currently) exist.
(target_directory_operand): Use the new function to expand the
set of errors we handle.
* tests/ln/sf-1.sh: Add test cases for the newly handled errors.
* THANKS.in: Mention the reporter.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2014-01-17 11:52:42 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
243128dbf0 copy: fix SELinux context preservation for existing directories
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Use the global process context
to set the context of existing directories before they're populated.
This is more consistent with the new directory case, and fixes
a bug for existing directories where we erroneously set the
context to the last copied descendent, rather than to that of
the source directory itself.
* tests/cp/cp-a-selinux.sh: Add a test for this case.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.
* THANKS.in: Add reporter Michal Trunecka.
2014-01-13 12:52:26 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
569b4edd18 shred: provide --remove methods to avoid excessive syncing
A sync operation is very often expensive.  For illustration
I timed the following python script which indicated that
each ext4 dir sync was taking about 2ms and 12ms, on an
SSD and traditional disk respectively.

  import os
  d=os.open(".", os.O_DIRECTORY|os.O_RDONLY)
  for i in range(1000):
     os.fdatasync(d)

So syncing for each character for each file can result
in significant delays.  Often this overhead is redundant,
as only the data is sensitive and not the file name.
Even if the names are sensitive, your file system may
employ synchronous metadata updates, which also makes
explicit syncing redundant.

* tests/misc/shred-remove.sh: Ensure all the new parameters
actually unlink the file.
* doc/coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Describe the new
parameters to the --remove option.
* src/shred.c (Usage): Likewise.
(main): Parse the new options.
(wipename): Inspect the new enum to see which of
the now optional tasks to perform.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* THANKS.in: Add reporter Joseph D. Wagner
2013-11-27 01:43:12 +00:00
Pádraig Brady
d60e04424d md5sum, sha*sum: improve help for --check related options
* src/md5sum.c (usage): s/three/four/ in the message pertaining
to the --check related options.  Also clarify that --strict
is just significant for the formatting of the checksum lines.
Also since we're changing both strings, move the --strict description
in with the description of the other options and order alphabetically.
* THANKS.in: Added reporter: Daniel Mach
2013-11-01 22:39:34 +00:00
Filipus Klutiero
5d93df1b13 doc: fix typo in description of df
* doc/coreutils.texi (df invocation): s/pseude/pseudo/
* THANKS.in (Filipus Klutiero): Remove entry, now that it will be
automatically included in the generated THANKS file.
Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/15041
2013-08-07 12:43:27 +02:00
Jim Meyering
51a8f70713 od: -wN, N>64K, avoid misbehavior on systems with 32-bit size_t
* src/od.c (PRINT_FIELDS): Declare "i" to be of type uintmax_t, so that
the numerator in the expression for "next_pad" does not overflow.
(print_named_ascii): Likewise.
(print_ascii): Likewise.
Bug introduced via commit v6.12-42-g20c0b87.
* tests/misc/od.pl: Exercise each of the three affected code paths.
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
Reported by Rich Burridge.
2013-06-02 09:25:38 -07:00