Re: new snapshot available: coreutils-8.3.10-a4da4

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:
> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
>
>> I'm planning to release coreutils-8.4 tomorrow.
>> It will be a build-fix-only release, along with a minor bug fix
>> for the relatively new command, nproc.
>
> 3 failures on Solaris 8, but probably not worth worrying about since that
> platform is so old:
>
>
> FAIL: tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2 (exit: 1)
> ==========================================
...
Thanks for checking/reporting that.
That should be fixed by Pádraig's patch.

> FAIL: install/install-C (exit: 1)
> =================================
> ...
> + skip_if_setgid_
> + setgid_tmpdir=setgid-27283
> + umask 77
> + mkdir setgid-27283
> ++ stat --printf %A setgid-27283
> + perms=drwx------
> + rmdir setgid-27283
> + mode1=0644
> + mode2=0755
> + mode3=2755
> + echo test
> + echo '`a'\'' -> `b'\'''
> + echo 'removed `b'\''
> `a'\'' -> `b'\'''
> + :
> + ginstall -Cv -m0644 a b
> + compare out out_installed_first
> + diff -u out out_installed_first
> + ginstall -Cv -m0644 a b
> + compare out out_empty
> + diff -u out out_empty
> --- out       2010-01-12 09:15:33.996514000 -0700
> +++ out_empty 2010-01-12 09:15:33.941516000 -0700
> @@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
> -removed `b'
> -`a' -> `b'
> + fail=1

I've seen this several times already.  It'd be good to fix it
eventually, if only to avoid spending any more time with
failure reports.  But since it's related only to install's
-C option, it's not a high priority at all.

> FAIL: ls/stat-vs-dirent (exit: 1)
> =================================
> ...

Looks like an oddity at a mount point.
I'm happy to leave this one unaddressed, for now.

> + st_ino=540483
> + test -n 540399
> + test 540399 '!=' 540483
> + echo './ls/stat-vs-dirent: test failed: /home/Algol1: d_ino(540399) != 
> st_ino
> (540483)
>         This may indicate a flaw in your kernel or file system implementation.
>         The flaw isn'\''t serious for coreutils, but it might break other 
> tools,
>         so you should report it to your operating system vendor.'
> ./ls/stat-vs-dirent: test failed: /home/Algol1: d_ino(540399) != 
> st_ino(540483)
>         This may indicate a flaw in your kernel or file system implementation.
>         The flaw isn't serious for coreutils, but it might break other tools,
>         so you should report it to your operating system vendor.