stty test fails

2005-09-20 Thread Stephen Checkoway
[gradlab:~/coreutils-5.2.1/tests/stty] scheckow$ uname -a SunOS gradlab.ucsd.edu 5.8 Generic_117350-02 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60 [gradlab:~/coreutils-5.2.1/tests/stty] scheckow$ make VERBOSE=yes TESTS=row-col-1 check make check-TESTS make[1]: Entering directory `/home/scheckow/coreutils-5.2.1/test

Re: df enhancment for removable media

2005-09-20 Thread Juergen Weigert
On Sep 20, 05 13:12:46 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > Juergen Weigert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On a recent SUSE Linux df became unreliable for e.g. USB-drives. > > This is because hald automatically mounts and unmounts such drives > > as they are accessed. > > > > Usually I get something lik

Re: df enhancment for removable media

2005-09-20 Thread Paul Eggert
Juergen Weigert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On a recent SUSE Linux df became unreliable for e.g. USB-drives. > This is because hald automatically mounts and unmounts such drives > as they are accessed. > > Usually I get something like: > > $ df /media/USB_DISK > Filesystem 1K-blocks

Re: date misbehaves with illegal timezones

2005-09-20 Thread Paul Eggert
Juergen Weigert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > $ env TZ=MDT date > Mon Sep 19 17:52:53 MDT 2005 > --> wrong. > > Oops, now difference is 7 hours ... > The problem here is, that MDT is an unknown timezone on my machine. > Date silently defaults back to GMT, but it keeps the label 'MDT'. "date" is m

Re: head -1 fails with _POSIX2_VERSION=200112

2005-09-20 Thread Paul Eggert
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As said by the POSIX FAQ Q15, POSIX does not disallow this form: > > http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html Yes, and coreutils CVS was updated about the same time that FAQ Q15 was written -- it was all part of the same process of clarif

Re: head -1 fails with _POSIX2_VERSION=200112

2005-09-20 Thread Jim Meyering
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Blake) wrote: > There have been quite a few changes since 5.3.0 in January. > Is it time to make a 5.3.1 release, so we can point people > to a release instead of CVS? Yes. I'm planning to make a test release very soon. ___ Bug

Re: head -1 fails with _POSIX2_VERSION=200112

2005-09-20 Thread Eric Blake
> > The POSIX spec is a moving target. > This has been fixed in the latest sources (available via cvs). There have been quite a few changes since 5.3.0 in January. Is it time to make a 5.3.1 release, so we can point people to a release instead of CVS? -- Eric Blake __

Re: No action with forced symbolic link if link already exists

2005-09-20 Thread Jim Meyering
"Till Halbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assume the link "link" already exists and points to "other_file". Then > "ln -sf new_file link" won't trigger any action at all. No error message > is uttered either. > This is a regression, as it worked before (i.e., the old link was > overwritten). > Un

Re: head -1 fails with _POSIX2_VERSION=200112

2005-09-20 Thread Eric Blake
> dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200111 head -1 /dev/null > dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null > head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' > Try `head --help' for more information. > zsh: exit 1 _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null > > I do not think this is a good idea to fai

Re: No action with forced symbolic link if link already exists

2005-09-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Till Halbach wrote: > I'm running > ln (coreutils) 5.2.1. > > Assume the link "link" already exists and points to "other_file". Then > "ln -sf new_file link" won't trigger any action at all. No error message > is uttered either. I will guess that you are only seeing this when link points to a d

Re: head -1 fails with _POSIX2_VERSION=200112

2005-09-20 Thread Jim Meyering
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200111 head -1 /dev/null > dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null > head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' > Try `head --help' for more information. > zsh: exit 1 _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null > >

No action with forced symbolic link if link already exists

2005-09-20 Thread Till Halbach
Grettings: I'm running ln (coreutils) 5.2.1. Assume the link "link" already exists and points to "other_file". Then "ln -sf new_file link" won't trigger any action at all. No error message is uttered either. This is a regression, as it worked before (i.e., the old link was overwritten). Un

head -1 fails with _POSIX2_VERSION=200112

2005-09-20 Thread Vincent Lefevre
dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200111 head -1 /dev/null dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `head --help' for more information. zsh: exit 1 _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null I do not think this is a good idea to fail on the old f