bug#32198: tail -f -F unexpected behavior

2019-01-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
tags 32198 notabug close 32198 stop Hello, It seems your message has not been replied to in a long while. Sorry about that. On 2018-07-18 8:24 a.m., Matthew Guidry wrote: I was doing some experimentation with nano v2.9.3 and tail, watching the output of tail after saving in nano and

bug#8960: stdbuf on bi-arch systems

2019-01-18 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Assaf, > >> The program 'stdbuf' on bi-arch x86 / x86_64 systems cannot work on all > >> kinds > >> of programs. > [...] > >> I would like to have a single binary that works on both x86 and x86_64 > >> programs. > [...] > > if stdbuf sets both LD_PRELOAD_32 and LD_PRELOAD_64 to the > >

bug#33646: [PATCH] doc: improve wording of the --kibibytes option description

2019-01-18 Thread Kamil Dudka
On Friday, January 18, 2019 8:26:18 AM CET Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > On 2018-12-06 6:32 a.m., Kamil Dudka wrote: > > Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1527391 > > --- > > > > doc/coreutils.texi | 8 +--- > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git

bug#32455: cp gets confused by symlinks to parent directory

2019-01-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
tags 32455 notabug close 32455 stop Hello, It seems your message has not been replied to in a long while. Sorry about that. On 2018-08-16 8:47 a.m., Mike Crowe wrote: If cp is passed the -d option and told to copy a symlink to the directory containing the symlink then it ends up removing the

bug#34110: feature request: dual-column du output, showing "real" and "on-disk" sizes (and about that "apparent-size" concept)

2019-01-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, On 2019-01-18 2:56 a.m., René J.V. Bertin wrote: the code isn't the most welcoming to dive into I've ever seen ;) Two online resources that might help in exploring the code: http://www.maizure.org/projects/decoded-gnu-coreutils/

bug#34110: feature request: dual-column du output, showing "real" and "on-disk" sizes (and about that "apparent-size" concept)

2019-01-18 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On Thursday January 17 2019 23:43:39 Assaf Gordon wrote: >The parameter name "--apparent-size" is not likely to be changed. I was thinking of making it an alias for a more aptly named parameter (long) before (possibly) phasing out the current name. >It has been named so for about 16 years

bug#8960: stdbuf on bi-arch systems

2019-01-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
severity 8960 wishlist stop (triaging old bugs) Hello, On 2011-07-04 10:15 a.m., Pádraig Brady wrote: On 29/06/11 21:47, Bruno Haible wrote: The program 'stdbuf' on bi-arch x86 / x86_64 systems cannot work on all kinds of programs. [...] I would like to have a single binary that works on

bug#12339: Gnu rm, changed only recently (4-5 years), and didn't follow letter of posix...(statement follows)

2019-01-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
close 12339 stop (triaging old bugs) Hello, This long and winding thread covers several topics relating to rm(1), historical unix and POSIX compatibility (and a bugfix or two in the mix). An enlightening read for those interested... ( https://bugs.gnu.org/12339 ) But the bottom line is:

bug#12400: rmdir runs "amok", users "curse" GNU...(as rmdir has no option to stay on 1 file system)...

2019-01-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
retitle 12400 rmdir: add --one-file-system option severity 12400 wishlist tags 12400 wontfix stop (triaging old bugs) Hello, On 2012-09-09 11:22 p.m., Bob Proulx wrote: Linda Walsh wrote: If you are going to only provide 1 mode of functionality, it should be to only rmdir dirs on the same

bug#33211: coreutils.mo is in both LC_TIME and LC_MESSAGES folders

2019-01-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
tags 33211 notabug close 33211 stop Hell0, On 2018-10-30 3:33 p.m., scootergrisen wrote: I wonder if its a mistake that in Fedora i can see coreutils.mo in both: /usr/share/locale/*/LC_TIME /usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES They seem to be identical. This is not a mistake (nor a bug). Not