* src/cp.c (usage) [-a]: Remove unnecessary 'P'.
Since option -d of 'cp' includes the function of -P, mentioning the
latter in the description of option -a is redundant and therefore
slightly confusing, as the reader tries to figure out what it adds.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:31:31 +0000 (17:31 +0100)]
install+SELinux: reduce a 12x performance hit to ~1.5x
* src/install.c (setdefaultfilecon): Call matchpathcon_init_prefix,
to mitigate what would otherwise be a large performance hit due to
the use of matchpathcon.
Dan Walsh suggested the use of matchpathcon_init_prefix.
* gl/lib/se-selinux.in.h (matchpathcon_init_prefix): Define.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:03:55 +0000 (11:03 +0100)]
Don't use GNU-sed-specific \< \> operators.
* configure.ac (MAN): Transform ginstall.1 to install.1 using
a loop, rather than sed with \<...\>.
Problem reported by Bruno Haible.
Andreas Schwab reminded me that \< and \> are not portable.
Paul Eggert [Sat, 3 Nov 2007 08:10:59 +0000 (01:10 -0700)]
Fix bug with "seq 10.8 0.1 10.95", plus another bug with %% in format.
* NEWS: Mention the %%-in-format bug fix.
* src/seq.c (struct layout): New type.
(long_double_format): New arg LAYOUT. Fill it in. Fix mishandling
of %% in formats.
(print_numbers): New arg LAYOUT. Don't convert LAST to output format
when deciding whether to go slightly past LAST. Instead, convert
X to output format and back. This fixes a bug reported by
Andreas Schwab in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-10/msg00237.html>
where "seq 10.8 0.1 10.95" would output 11.0 on platforms where
10.95 rounds to a value that prints as 11.0 when only one digit
past the decimal point is asked for.
(main): Compute layout, for benefit of print_numbers.
* tests/misc/seq (float-3): Undo previous change, since the bug
should be fixed now.
(fmt-b): New test, for the %% bug.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:58:17 +0000 (18:58 +0100)]
Use mktemp, not mkdtemp, to create test directories.
* tests/test-lib.sh: Use the mktemp binary we've just built,
not the mkdtemp script.
* tests/mkdtemp: Remove file.
* tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove mkdtemp.
Jim Meyering [Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:10:06 +0000 (12:10 +0100)]
Adjust a seq subtest not to depend on the vagaries of floating point.
* tests/misc/seq (float-3): Use 10.94 as the endpoint, not 10.95,
since 10.95 was precisely in the middle of the interval, and with
a %.1f format could map to either 10.9 or 11.0.
Reported by Mike Frysinger
Jim Meyering [Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:06:11 +0000 (12:06 +0100)]
Make the new printf-surprise test more precise.
* tests/test-lib.sh (require_ulimit_): New function.
* tests/misc/printf-surprise: Use ulimit -v to trigger the fixed bug,
and rather than checking printf's exit status (which would go wrong
on FreeBSD 6.1, since their printf(3) function doesn't require
lots of memory in this case) simply test whether it outputs
the first 10 bytes.
* tests/cp/same-file: Detect when linking to a symlink links to
the target of the symlink (FreeBSD 6.1 does this, Linux does not),
and skip the few tests that would otherwise fail.
Redirect output of final comparison to stderr, since all stdout
is already redirected.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:47:52 +0000 (09:47 +0100)]
If $TERM is empty, don't use colors. This helps the buildbot,
since it produces its result in an environment with a tty, but
we don't want color codes in that case.
* build-aux/check.mk (am__tty_colors): Test for nonempty $TERM.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:53:59 +0000 (15:53 +0100)]
Run autoreconf, not just autoconf, to avoid warnings.
* GNUmakefile (dummy): Otherwise, we'd sometimes get a warning
about autoconf version mismatch between what was used to generate
aclocal.m4 and the currently-running autoconf.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:13:59 +0000 (09:13 +0200)]
Doc improvements.
* README-hacking: Prefer the no-hyphen variant of git commands,
e.g., use "git pull" not "git-pull".
Don't presume that the only way to read this document is via a
prior git clone: provide instructions for cloning coreutils, too.
* README-hacking: Add "cd automake" in build instructions.
From Bob Proulx.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:38:33 +0000 (12:38 +0200)]
tr: do not reject an unmatched [:lower:] or [:upper:] in SET1.
* NEWS: Mention this.
* src/tr.c (get_next) [RE_CHAR_CLASS]: Don't skip the loop when
processing [:lower:] and [:upper:].
(main): Require [:lower:] or [:upper:] in SET1 only when
when one of those is specified in SET2.
* tests/tr/Test.pm: Add tests for this fix.
Reported by Per Starbäck.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:48:29 +0000 (14:48 +0200)]
Detect printf(3) failure due to ENOMEM.
* src/printf.c: Include "xprintf.h"
(print_direc): Use xprintf, rather than printf.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add xprintf.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add lib/xprintf.c.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:07:12 +0000 (10:07 +0200)]
Adjust tests to pass, now that Test.pm ones use check.mk.
* tests/check.mk (vc_exe_in_TESTS): Adjust regexp not to match the
"TESTS = $x-tests" line in each Test.pm-derived Makefile.am file.
* tests/sort/main: Remove this unused file.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:12:45 +0000 (17:12 +0200)]
Move the help-version test into misc/.
* tests/help-version: Move to...
* tests/misc/help-version: ...here.
Source test-lib.sh, as usual.
Use $abs_top_builddir, rather than ".." and "../..".
Jim Meyering [Tue, 9 Oct 2007 07:58:27 +0000 (09:58 +0200)]
Skip the chcon test on a system with no SELinux support.
* tests/test-lib.sh (require_selinux_): New function.
* tests/misc/chcon: Use it.
* tests/misc/selinux: Use it here, too.
* tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: and here.
* tests/selinux: Remove file.
* tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove selinux.
Reported by Mike Frysinger and Bauke Jan Douma.
Jim Meyering [Mon, 8 Oct 2007 08:34:04 +0000 (10:34 +0200)]
When forming a truncated name, use the "[...]" prefix even for
an extremely long name in the current directory.
* src/remove.c (full_filename_): Rename a local variable.
Use two separate "truncated" variables, in case the second
call to right_justify does not indicate any truncation -- which
would happen only if the single component FILENAME were longer
than 511 bytes and DIR_NAME were empty.
Jim Meyering [Sun, 7 Oct 2007 20:58:29 +0000 (22:58 +0200)]
rm could malfunction under unusual circumstances:
When operating on a relative name longer than 511 bytes,
and (when either processing a directory that is neither writable
nor readable (but still searchable) or when determining whether
to prompt), and encountering an ENOMEM error while forming the
file name, rm would operate on a truncated-to-511-byte name
starting with "[...]" rather than the intended one.
* NEWS: Describe the bugs.
* src/remove.c: Correct two misuses of full_filename:
(full_filename0, xfull_filename): New functions.
(full_filename_): Rewrite to use full_filename0.
(AD_pop_and_chdir): Use xfull_filename, not full_filename.
(write_protected_non_symlink): Likewise.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:04:10 +0000 (23:04 +0200)]
New program: mktemp.
* NEWS: Mention this.
* README: Add mktemp to the list.
* AUTHORS: Add this: mktemp: Jim Meyering
* src/mktemp.c: New file.
* src/Makefile.am (bin_PROGRAMS): Add mktemp.
(mktemp_LDADD): Add $(LIB_GETHRXTIME).
* man/mktemp.x: New file.
* man/Makefile.am (dist_man_MANS): Add mktemp.1.
(mktemp.1): New dependency.
* man/.cvsignore: Add mktemp.1.
* man/.gitignore: New file.
* src/.cvsignore, src/.gitignore: Add mktemp.
* tests/misc/mktemp: New file.
* tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add mktemp.
* tests/Coreutils.pm (run_tests): Give the POST-test function
access to stdout and stderr contents, so it can verify that
the named-on-stdout file/dir does indeed exist and has proper
permissions, etc.
[po/ChangeLog]
* POTFILES.in: Add src/mktemp.c.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 1 Sep 2007 08:33:33 +0000 (10:33 +0200)]
Make tempname more random, via the randint module.
* gl/modules/tempname (Depends-on): Add randint and stdbool.
* gl/lib/tempname.c: Include randint.h and stdbool.h.
(uint64_t): Remove definition. Not needed.
[_LIBC] (RANDOM_BITS): Remove this block, now that we have proper random bits.
(check_x_suffix): New function.
(gen_tempname_len): Rename from __gen_tempname.
Add a parameter, x_suffix_len, telling how many X's there must be at
the end of the template.
Use pseudo-random numbers all the way, rather than adding 7777
from one iteration to the next.
(__gen_tempname): New function, to call gen_tempname_len, requiring a
suffix length of 6.
* gl/lib/tempname.h: Add prototype for gen_tempname_len.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 1 Sep 2007 07:54:45 +0000 (09:54 +0200)]
Convert coreutils' rand*.{c,h,m4} into modules.
First step: move these files to gl/lib:
* lib/rand-isaac.c, lib/rand-isaac.h
* lib/randint.c, lib/randint.h
* lib/randperm.c, lib/randperm.h
* lib/randread.c, lib/randread.h
Step 2: add modules/rand* and remove now-unneeded .m4 files.
* gl/modules/randint: New file.
* gl/modules/randperm: New file.
* gl/modules/randread: New file.
* m4/randint.m4: Remove file.
* m4/randperm.m4: Remove file.
* m4/randread.m4: Remove file.
Step 3: use the new modules
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add randint and randperm.
* m4/prereq.m4 (gl_RANDINT, gl_RANDREAD, gl_RANDPERM): Don't require;
These have been removed.
(gl_ROOT_DEV_INO): Don't require; already handled via bootstrap.conf.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:55:26 +0000 (10:55 +0200)]
Make a failing cross-partition mv give a sensible diagnostic.
A cross-partition move of a file in a sticky tmpdir and owned by
another user would evoke an invalid diagnostic after copying it:
mv: cannot remove `x': Operation not permitted
Either of the following (mv.c, remove.c) changes would fix the bug by
itself. I think it's slightly better to use both; the added cost is
minimal: mv: an extra lstat-per-mv-cmdline-arg-that-goes-cross-partition,
rm: an extra lstat-per-unlink-that-fails-w/EPERM.
* src/remove.c (remove_entry): Also lstat the file upon EPERM.
* src/mv.c (rm_option_init): Initialize root_dev_ino just as is done
in rm, so that a cross-partition invoked remove.c:rm call works the
same way as one invoked from the command-line use of "rm". That
setting of root_dev_ino makes rm() do the equivalent of an additional
lstat for each argument, which in turn gives rm enough information to
issue the right diagnostic.
* tests/mv/sticky-to-xpart (version): New file. Test for the above.
* tests/mv/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add sticky-to-xpart.
Arrange for "make check-root" to run the new root-only test.
* tests/Makefile.am (tb): New target, to run the new root-only test.
(all_t): Add tb.
* src/c99-to-c89.diff: Adjust offsets.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:14:16 +0000 (12:14 +0200)]
Add PACKAGE_VERSION to TESTS_ENVIRONMENT via check.mk.
* tests/check.mk (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Add PACKAGE_VERSION here,
rather than in every Makefile.am that needs it.
* tests/rm/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Remove PACKAGE_VERSION.
* tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Likewise.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:10:22 +0000 (11:10 +0200)]
Never copy through a symlink that cp has just created.
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): When same-file detection requires
'stat'ing the destination file, also 'lstat' it and ensure that
it wasn't the destination of a preceding copy operation.
This bug was introduced on 2007-06-18.
* tests/cp/abuse: New test for the above.
* tests/cp/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add abuse.
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