From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:18:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: tests: pwd: ensure our getcwd fallback is tested
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tests: pwd: ensure our getcwd fallback is tested

* tests/pwd/pwd-long.sh: Avoid the getcwd syscall,
to ensure our fallback getcwd code is exercised.
* NEWS: Mention the recent bug fix in pwd.
---

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6087494f3d..179deca90e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   'kill --help' now has links to valid anchors in the html manual.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-9.10]
 
+  'pwd' on ancient systems will no longer overflow a buffer
+  when operating in deep paths longer than twice the system PATH_MAX.
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-9.6]
+
 ** New Features
 
   'date --date' now parses dot delimited dd.mm.yy format common in Europe.
diff --git a/tests/pwd/pwd-long.sh b/tests/pwd/pwd-long.sh
index 734c2db6ce..2a010f2f2d 100755
--- a/tests/pwd/pwd-long.sh
+++ b/tests/pwd/pwd-long.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
 print_ver_ pwd
+uses_strace_
 
 require_readable_root_
 require_perl_
@@ -26,9 +27,18 @@ require_perl_
 ARGV_0=$0
 export ARGV_0
 
+# Disable the getcwd syscall if possible, so more of our code is exercised.
+if strace -f -o /dev/null -e 'getcwd' -e fault=all:error=ENOSYS true; then
+  no_sys_getcwd() {
+    strace -f -o /dev/null -e 'getcwd' -e fault=all:error=ENOSYS "$@"
+  }
+else
+  no_sys_getcwd() { "$@"; }
+fi
+
 # Don't use CuTmpdir here, since File::Temp's use of rmtree can't
 # remove the deep tree we create.
-$PERL -Tw -I"$abs_srcdir/tests" -MCuSkip -- - <<\EOF
+no_sys_getcwd $PERL -Tw -I"$abs_srcdir/tests" -MCuSkip -- - <<\EOF
 
 # Show that pwd works even when the length of the resulting
 # directory name is longer than PATH_MAX.