bug#8565: gzip/bzip2/output-hook support for split

2011-04-28 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 27/04/11 21:25, Jim Meyering wrote: > Ari Pollak wrote: >> I've been sitting on this for a few months expecting to finish it, but >> still haven't found the time, so I'm just putting it out there now so >> it isn't lost entirely. It's originally from Chandrakumar Muthaiah: >> http://article.gman

bug#8571: misc/tty-eof SKIP reason

2011-04-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Bruno Haible wrote: >> building coreutils 8.12 on a Linux 2.6.25.20, glibc 2.8 machine, "make check" >> shows this line: >> >> SKIP: misc/tty-eof >> >> But unlike for the other tests that are skipped, there is no explanation why >> it was skipped. I have to look into the mi

bug#8570: glibc getcwd does not handle long file names properly?

2011-04-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: ... > Subject: [PATCH] tests: remove useless test: misc/pwd-unreadable-parent > > * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Remove misc/pwd-unreadable-parent. > This test was misleading and useless (was always skipped). > Inspired by a report from Bruno Haible: http://debbugs.gnu.org/8570 >

bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to

2011-04-28 Thread Eric Blake
On 04/28/2011 02:27 PM, Alan Curry wrote: >>> 000 d r w x r - x r - x . 2 5 r= >> >>>726478772d727278782d202e35327220= > > Did anyone else notice the '.' after the drwxr-xr-x part? I bet that's > what's confusing pytho

bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to

2011-04-28 Thread Alan Curry
Eric Blake writes: > > On 04/28/2011 12:34 PM, Jason Vas Dias wrote: > > I do: > >=20 > > $ ls --version | grep '[(]G' > > ls (GNU coreutils) 8.12 > > Thanks for the report. > > > $ ls -dl /. | od -cx > > od -cx is not always the best choice in formatting - it depends on the > endianness of you

bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to file output lines

2011-04-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul Eggert wrote: > Jason Vas Dias wrote: > > $ ls -dl /. | od -cx > > ... > > 040 r 2 0 1 5 : 2 8 / . \n > >2072303231203a3538322f200a2e > > 056 > > > > Please could the ls developer let me know if it 100% POSIXLY corre

bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to file output lines

2011-04-28 Thread Eric Blake
tag 8578 notabug close 8578 thanks On 04/28/2011 12:34 PM, Jason Vas Dias wrote: > I do: > > $ ls --version | grep '[(]G' > ls (GNU coreutils) 8.12 Thanks for the report. > $ ls -dl /. | od -cx od -cx is not always the best choice in formatting - it depends on the endianness of your machine si

bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to file output lines

2011-04-28 Thread Paul Eggert
On 04/28/11 11:34, Jason Vas Dias wrote: > $ ls -dl /. | od -cx > ... > 040 r 2 0 1 5 : 2 8 / . \n >2072303231203a3538322f200a2e > 056 > > Please could the ls developer let me know if it 100% POSIXLY correct > that ls ap

bug#8577: GNU coreutils-8.12 thinks GNU libc-2.13's getcwd() is "buggy" ?

2011-04-28 Thread Eric Blake
forcemerge 8570 8577 thanks On 04/28/2011 12:28 PM, Jason Vas Dias wrote: > Hi - Having just built GNU coreutils-8.12 against GNU libc 2.13, > coreutils SKIPS a test normally run as part of "make check" > because "system getcwd() is buggy" : > (after coreutils-8.12 'configure' and 'make -j2' suc

bug#8578: 8.12 and 8.10 'ls -dl' appends ' ' (0x20: space) to file output lines

2011-04-28 Thread Jason Vas Dias
I do: $ ls --version | grep '[(]G' ls (GNU coreutils) 8.12 $ ls -dl /. | od -cx 000 d r w x r - x r - x . 2 5 r 726478772d727278782d202e35327220 020 o o t r o o t 4 0 9 6 A p

bug#8577: GNU coreutils-8.12 thinks GNU libc-2.13's getcwd() is "buggy" ?

2011-04-28 Thread Jason Vas Dias
Hi - Having just built GNU coreutils-8.12 against GNU libc 2.13, coreutils SKIPS a test normally run as part of "make check" because "system getcwd() is buggy" : (after coreutils-8.12 'configure' and 'make -j2' succeeds :) $ make check ... ./misc/pwd-unreadable-parent: skipping test: can't use bu

bug#8575: Shell Script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)

2011-04-28 Thread Erik Auerswald
Hi, On 04/28/2011 10:42 AM, Syed Nizamuddin wrote: I get the following error . basename: invalid option -- b Try `basename --help' for more information. basename: missing operand I have basename used as CMDE=`\basename $0 .sh` echo "$basename is $CMDE" Doesn't o/p anything. Please Try CMD

bug#8575: basename [was: bug#8575: Shell Script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)]

2011-04-28 Thread Eric Blake
retitle 8575 basename usage question tag 8575 notabug thanks On 04/28/2011 02:42 AM, Syed Nizamuddin wrote: > Hi, > > I get the following error . > > basename: invalid option -- b > Try `basename --help' for more information. > basename: missing operand Thanks for the report. However, this is

bug#8575: Shell Script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)

2011-04-28 Thread Syed Nizamuddin
Hi, I get the following error . basename: invalid option -- b Try `basename --help' for more information. basename: missing operand I have basename used as CMDE=`\basename $0 .sh` echo "$basename is $CMDE" Doesn't o/p anything. Please -- Regards, *Syed *

bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason

2011-04-28 Thread Andreas Schwab
Bruno Haible writes: > If printing a date is harder than assigning that date to a file, how is then > "ls -l" doing it? > > $ coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/ls -l f* > -rw-r--r-- 1 bruno users 48 31. Mär 01:57 foo1.c > -rw-r--r-- 1 bruno users 244 31. Mär 01:57 foo.c > -rw-r--r-- 1 bruno users 0 922

bug#8570: glibc getcwd does not handle long file names properly?

2011-04-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi, > > building coreutils 8.12 on a Linux 2.6.25.20, glibc 2.8 machine, "make check" > shows these lines: > > ./misc/pwd-unreadable-parent: skipping test: can't use buggy system getcwd > SKIP: misc/pwd-unreadable-parent > > REPLACE_GETCWD is indeed 1, because the test fr

bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason

2011-04-28 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Jim, > That use of touch has to depend on the file system since it sets > stat.st_mtime and stat.st_atime. But why is (in 64bit mode) 'touch' accepting a date that 'date' rejects? $ coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $? 0 $ coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/date -d @922

bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason

2011-04-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Jim, > >> That use of touch has to depend on the file system since it sets >> stat.st_mtime and stat.st_atime. > > But why is (in 64bit mode) 'touch' accepting a date that 'date' rejects? > > $ coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $? > 0 > $ co

bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason

2011-04-28 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Paul, > > $ ./coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $? > > 0 > > > > $ ./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $? > > ./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch: invalid date format `@922337203685477580' > > 1 And the 'date' program's interpreta

bug#8571: misc/tty-eof SKIP reason

2011-04-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > building coreutils 8.12 on a Linux 2.6.25.20, glibc 2.8 machine, "make check" > shows this line: > > SKIP: misc/tty-eof > > But unlike for the other tests that are skipped, there is no explanation why > it was skipped. I have to look into the misc/tty-eof.log file, there I f

bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason

2011-04-28 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > building coreutils 8.12 on a Linux 2.6.25.20, glibc 2.8 machine, "make check" > shows these lines in 32-bits only (not in 64-bit builds): > > bigtime: skipped test: file system cannot represent big time stamps > SKIP: du/bigtime > > The message suggests that it's a problem