coreutils-5.1.1 released

[Jim Meyering]

Happy new year!

Maybe the changes in 5.1.0 weren't so destabilizing after all.
There have been no bug reports against chmod, chgrp, chown, du, [*]
or the underlying code in fts.c.  Or maybe it's just that few people
were daring enough to deploy coreutils-5.1.0, since I mentioned that
it might be risky.

With the new touch feature (allowing -r and -d together), it is
trivial to set a file's mtime or atime by a relative amount.
E.g., to set existing file F's times back by 30 minutes, you can
now do this:

  touch --reference=F --date='-30 min' F

Here's the description of the new configure-time variable,
DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION:

  Define the default level of POSIX conformance. The value is of the form
  YYYYMM, specifying the year and month the standard was adopted. If
  not defined here, it defaults to the value of _POSIX2_VERSION in
  <unistd.h>. Define to 199209 to default to POSIX 1003.2-1992, which makes
  standard programs like `head', `tail', and `sort' accept obsolete options
  like `+10' and `-10'. Define to 200112 to default to POSIX 1003.1-2001,
  which makes these standard programs treat leading-`+' operands as file
  names and require modern usages like `-n 10' instead of `-10'. Whether
  defined here or not, the default can be overridden at run time via the
  _POSIX2_VERSION environment variable.

Thanks to Paul Eggert for his continuing help.

Jim

[*] Before 5.1.0, each of chmod, chgrp, chown, du would fail when operating
on hierarchies that were too deep or with names that were too long.


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NEWS

* Major changes in release 5.1.1 (2004-01-17):

** Configuration option

  You can select the default level of POSIX conformance at configure-time,
  e.g., by ./configure DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209

** Bug fixes

  fold -s works once again on systems with differing sizes for int
  and size_t (bug introduced in 5.1.0)

** New features

  touch -r now specifies the origin for any relative times in the -d
  operand, if both options are given.  For example, "touch -r FOO -d
  '-5 seconds' BAR" sets BAR's modification time to be five seconds
  before FOO's.

  join: The obsolete options "-j1 FIELD", "-j2 FIELD", and
  "-o LIST1 LIST2..." are no longer supported on POSIX 1003.1-2001 systems.
  Portable scripts should use "-1 FIELD", "-2 FIELD", and
  "-o LIST1,LIST2..." respectively.  If join was compiled on a
  POSIX 1003.1-2001 system, you may enable the old behavior
  by setting _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 in your environment.



ChangeLog entries:

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ChangeLog
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2004-01-17  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * Version 5.1.1.

2003-12-15  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * NEWS, doc/coreutils.texi: touch -r and -d can now both be specified,
        with -r specifying the origin for -d.
        * src/touch.c (flexible_date): Remove static var.
        (get_reldate): New function.
        (main): Use it, to implement this new behavior.

2004-01-16  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * tests/touch/relative: New test for the above.
        * tests/touch/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add relative.

2004-01-13  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/system.h: Include contents of sys2.h.
        * src/sys2.h: Remove file.
        * src/Makefile.am (noinst_HEADERS): Remove sys2.h.

        * Use automake-1.8.2.  Regenerate dependent files.

        * Update to gettext-0.13.1.
        * configure.ac: Use gettext-0.13.1.
        * .x-sc_space_tab: Add m4/po.m4 to the list of exceptions.

2004-01-12  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * Makefile.maint (%.sig): Use .sig suffix rather than .asc.

        * Makefile.maint (po-check): Ensure that cvsu works before using it.
        Reported by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.

        * src/tail.c (main): Warn about following stdin only when it's a tty.

        * configure.ac: Use gl_DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION.

2004-01-10  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * tests/misc/stat-fmt: Use backticks, not `$()' notation.

2004-01-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * configure.ac: Quote underquoted `jm_DUMMY_1' to avoid new warning.

2004-01-08  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/stat.c (human_fstype): Use %lx, not %x format for `unsigned long'.
        From Andreas Schwab.

        * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Remove `/vg' (prerelease test
        remnant) from PATH component.  That would cause tests in this directory
        not to run the just-built binaries, but rather whatever happened
        to be in one's PATH.  Reported by Christian Krackowizer.

2004-01-04  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/csplit.c (new_control_record): Use x2nrealloc
        rather than xrealloc.

        * src/cp.c (re_protect): Use ASSIGN_STRDUPA rather than
        alloca and strcpy.
        (make_path_private): Likewise.

2004-01-03  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/paste.c: Use `bool' (not int) as the type for a few
        global variables.
        (collapse_escapes): Rewrite to set globals rather than modifying
        its parameter.
        Use size_t (not int) for all counters and related index variables.
        (paste_parallel): Remove needless complexity of
        using xrealloc in the loop;  just allocate the buffers up front.
        Free the two temporary buffers.
        Move declarations of locals `down' into scope where used.
        (paste_serial): Remove `register' attributes.
        (main): Simplify delim-related code.
        Free `delims', now that it's malloc'd.

2004-01-02  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/chroot.c: Include "quote.h".
        (CHROOT_FOUND_BUT_CANNOT_INVOKE, CHROOT_FAILURE): Define.
        (main): Exit with status of 127, not 1, for too-few-args,
        chroot failure, or chdir failure.
        Give a better diagnostic upon execvp failure.

        * src/du.c (usage): Mention that, with its current meaning,
        -H is deprecated.

        * src/tail.c (main): Warn about following stdin when it's a tty.
        Fail when following by name but no names are specified.

2003-12-30  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/fold.c (main): Use memcpy, not strcpy.

        * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Use ASSIGN_STRDUPA rather than
        alloca and strcpy.

2003-12-28  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/unexpand.c (n_tabs_allocated): New global.
        (add_tabstop): Use x2nrealloc rather than xrealloc.
        * src/expand.c: Likewise.

        * tests/misc/expand: New file.
        * tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add expand.

        * src/sort.c (add_temp_dir): Use x2nrealloc rather than xrealloc.
        (fillbuf): Use x2nrealloc rather than xrealloc.
        (sort): Use xnmalloc rather than xmalloc.
        (main): Likewise.

2003-12-27  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/tee.c (tee): Use xnmalloc rather than xmalloc.

2003-12-29  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * NEWS: Remove support for join -j1 FIELD, -j2 FIELD, and -o LIST1
        LIST2 in POSIX 1003.1-2001 hosts, as required by POSIX.

        * doc/coreutils.texi (join invocation): Remove documentation
        accordingly.  Document that -t makes all separators significant.

        * src/join.c: Include posixver.h.
        (obsolete_usage): New var.
        (longopts): Put obsolete options first.
        (OBSOLETE_LONG_OPTIONS): New constant.
        (get_option, add_file_name): New functions.
        (main): Use them to support new behavior.
        (usage): Remove documentation for -j1 FIELD and -j2 FIELD.
        Do not mark -j FIELD as obsolescent; it is longstanding
        UNIX tradition and is a valid extension to POSIX.

        * tests/join/Test.pm (tv): Avoid obsolete -o usage.

2003-12-28  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * src/join.c (add_field_list): Don't use alloca with unbounded
        size; just modify the argument, which is no longer const *.

        Various other minor cleanups, mostly to avoid the need for casts.

        (extract_field): Renamed from ADD_FIELD, as it's now a function.

        (struct field.beg): Now char *, not unsigned char const *.  All
        uses changed.  It shouldn't be const since xmemcoll writes on its
        arguments.
        (extract_field): Likewise, for 2nd arg.
        (keycmp): Remove now-unnecessary cast of xmemcoll args.

        (is_blank): New function, to avoid need to cast arg to unsigned char.
        (extract_field): Use it.

        (xfields): Rewrite pretty much from scratch.

        (hard_LC_COLLATE): Now bool, not int.
        (get_line, getseq, add_field_list): Now returns bool, not int.
        (decode_field_spec, add_field_list): Return true on success (not
        false), for consistency with the rest of the code.  All uses changed.

        (tab): Now char, not unsigned char.  This wasn't 100% necessary
        but is slightly cleaner.
        (prjoin): Hoist (tab ? tab : ' ') expression, to help the compiler.

        (empty_filler): Now const *.

        (make_blank): Remove; wasn't needed.  Remove all calls.
        (main): Don't set uni_blank.nfields; zero is fine.

2003-12-27  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/join.c: Include "quote.h".
        (min, max): Remove definitions.
        Make a few function parameters and corresponding
        locals `const'.  Use bool for boolean variables.
        Use size_t (not int) for all counters and related index variables.
        (prjoin): Remove now-useless assertion.
        (string_to_join_field): New function.
        (main): Accept join fields as large as SIZE_MAX.
        (keycmp): Rename `min' to MIN and max to MAX.

2003-12-26  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        fold -s didn't work on e.g., alpha-based systems.
        * src/fold.c (fold_file): Adjust types (int->size_t) so that using
        x2nrealloc works properly on systems with differing sizes for int
        and size_t.  Reported by Nelson Beebe.

        * src/fold.c: Use `bool' (not int) as the type for a few
        global variables.

2003-12-23  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * src/ls.c (length_of_file_names_and_frills):
        Remove forward decl; not needed.
        (print_file_name_and_frills, length_of_file_name_and_frills):
        With -m, don't output spaces before inum or size.
        (print_with_commas): Don't output space just before newline.

2003-12-24  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * tests/ls/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add m-option.
        * tests/ls/m-option: New file.  Test for above fixes.


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2004-01-16  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        Merge from gnulib.
        * localcharset.c: Test HAVE_DECL_GETC_UNLOCKED,
        rather than HAVE_GETC_UNLOCKED.

2003-10-08  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        Merge from gnulib.

        * unlocked-io.h: Include <stdio.h>, so that the caller
        doesn't have to include <stdio.h> before us.
        (clearerr_unlocked, feof_unlocked, ferror_unlocked,
        fflush_unlocked, fgets_unlocked, fputc_unlocked, fputs_unlocked,
        fread_unlocked, fwrite_unlocked, getc_unlocked, getchar_unlocked,
        putc_unlocked, putchar_unlocked): Define to the unlocked counterpart
        if not declared, so that we can use getpass.c code from libc without
        rewriting it.
        (flockfile, ftrylockfile, funlockfile): New macros.

2004-01-14  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        Merge from gnulib.

        * fnmatch_loop.c (ALLOCA_LIMIT): Remove macro, which collided
        with like-named macro in fnmatch.c.
        (EXT): Use an internal constant instead.

        Merge fnmatch patches from glibc.
        * fnmatch.c (mbsinit): Remove define.
        Add libc_hidden_ver (__fnmatch, fnmatch).
        * fnmatch_loop.c (FCT): Cast to int32_t and UCHAR when appropriate.
        Adjust to renaming of collseq_table_lookup to __collseq_table_lookup.

2003-11-24  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        Merge from gnulib.

        * alloca.c: Remove dependency on xalloc module.
        (xalloc_die): Remove.
        (memory_full) [!defined emacs]: New macro.
        [!defined emacs]: Don't include xalloc.h.
        (alloca): Invoke memory_full, not xalloc_die, if malloc fails or
        address arithmetic overflows.  Change datatypes a bit to avoid
        unnecessary casts.

2004-01-14  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * posixver.c: Include posixver.h.

2004-01-12  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * posixver.c (DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION): Use definition of new,
        optional configure-time default.

2004-01-10  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * version-etc.c (version_etc_copyright): Update copyright date.

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2004-01-16  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * onceonly.m4: Sync with version from gettext-0.13.1.

2003-10-08  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        Merge from gnulib.

        * getpass.m4 (gl_PREREQ_GETPASS): Check for stdio_ext.h.

2003-08-26  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        Merge from gnulib.

        * fnmatch.m4 (_AC_LIBOBJ_FNMATCH): Remove AC_DEFINE of fnmatch here.
        This avoids havoc on compilers for which '#define fnmatch rpl_fnmatch'
        followed by '#define fnmatch fnmatch_posix' gives an error.

2004-01-14  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * posixv.m4 (gl_POSIXVER): Require gl_DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION.

2004-01-13  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * gettext.m4, lib-ld.m4, lib-prefix.m4, nls.m4, po.m4:
        Update from gettext-0.13.1.
        * intmax.m4, isc-posix.m4, printf-posix.m4, size_max.m4, xsize.m4:
        New files.  From gettext-0.13.1.

2004-01-11  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * posixver.m4 (gl_DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION): Move
        the documentation from 'configure' into 'config.hin',
        so that 'configure --help' isn't burdened by it and
        we don't have to worry about its formatting there.
        Reword the documentation so that it's more succinct
        and can be run together into a single paragraph.

2004-01-12  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * posixver.m4 (gl_DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION): New macro.

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2003-12-15  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (touch invocation): touch -r and -d can now
        both be specified, with -r specifying the origin for -d.

2004-01-15  Alfred M. Szmidt  <address@hidden>

        Factor out some common options.
        * coreutils.texi (Common options): Define macros here.
        (What information is listed, cp invocation): Use the macro(s).
        (install invocation, mv invocation, ln invocation): Likewise.
        (df invocation, du invocation): Likewise.

2004-01-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        Document the exit status of each and every program.
        * coreutils.texi (yes invocation): Document that a write error
        makes `yes' exit unsuccessfully.
        (chroot invocation): Enumerate the meaning of exit status values.
        (nice invocation): Likewise.
        (Exit status) address@hidden exitstatus]: New macro.
        Use @exitstatus to describe the exit status of most programs.

2004-01-02  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (du invocation): Mention that -H will eventually
        mean not --si, but --dereference-args (-D).

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2004-01-13  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * POTFILES.in: Replace src/sys2.h with src/system.h.

2004-01-12  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * Makefile.in.in: Update from gettext-0.13.1.

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