Re: coreutils-5.96 bug report

2006-06-11 Thread Paul Eggert
I tracked the problem down to the following test in tests/readlink/can-e: v=`readlink -e ${p}regfile` || break test "$v" = "$my_pwd/$tmp/regfile" || break Given the transcript you sent me privately, that last command turned out to be equivalent to the following: test /Users/robingene/desk

Re: same-file patch when 'ls' doesn't default to POSIX locale

2006-06-11 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for looking into that, but the problem persists > if e.g., TIME_STYLE=long-iso is set in the environment. > I've done this instead: > > 2006-06-11 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Setting TIME_STYLE=long-iso in the environment would make

Re: same-file patch when 'ls' doesn't default to POSIX locale

2006-06-11 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On second thought, that patch is so obviously needed that I installed > it on the trunk. Here it is again. Not sure whether it should be on > the b5.9x branch at this point. > > 2006-06-11 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * tests/cp/same-file: E

Re: coreutils-5.96 bug report

2006-06-11 Thread Paul Eggert
Robin and Gene Betsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It said to file a bug report. I suspect it has something to do with > where I compiled it from Thanks for reporting the problem. How did you compile and build coreutils? What sort of machine did you build it on? For example, what is the o

same-file patch when 'ls' doesn't default to POSIX locale

2006-06-11 Thread Paul Eggert
On second thought, that patch is so obviously needed that I installed it on the trunk. Here it is again. Not sure whether it should be on the b5.9x branch at this point. 2006-06-11 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * tests/cp/same-file: Execute 'ls' in the C locale, so that it u

Re: FAIL: same-file

2006-06-11 Thread Paul Eggert
Thanks for reporting it. Can you please try the following patch? I haven't installed it, but plan to if you say it works. 2006-06-11 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * tests/cp/same-file: Execute 'ls' in the C locale, so that it uses POSIX time stamp formats. Problem reported