bug#70231: Performance issue on sort with zero-sized pseudo files

2024-04-05 Thread Takashi Kusumi
Hi, I have found a performance issue with the sort command when used on pseudo files with zero size. For instance, sorting `/proc/kallsyms`, as demonstrated below, takes significantly longer than executing with `cat`, generating numerous temporary files. I confirmed this issue on v8.32 as well as

bug#70219: Bug/Issue with timeout and signals

2024-04-05 Thread Branden R. Williams
That’s not an accurate representation of what the command actually does. The argument after -k MUST be the kill signal code, without the code the command fails. The manpage and help document agree with what you are saying but the execution of the program fails. That functionality is not repres

bug#70219: Bug/Issue with timeout and signals

2024-04-05 Thread Chris Elvidge
On 05/04/2024 at 16:19, Branden R. Williams via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote: I was integrating the timeout command into a shell script and realized the manpage & the --help docs do not accurately describe how the tool works. In addition, there appears to be a bug related to arguments pa

bug#70219: Bug/Issue with timeout and signals

2024-04-05 Thread Branden R. Williams
I was integrating the timeout command into a shell script and realized the manpage & the --help docs do not accurately describe how the tool works. In addition, there appears to be a bug related to arguments passed. I am running version 9.1. According to the help screen, this command should wor

bug#70214: 'install' fails to copy regular file to autofs/cifs, due to ACL or xattr handling

2024-04-05 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi, The 'install' program from coreutils-9.5 fails to copy a regular file from an ext4 mount to an autofs/cifs mount. The same operation, with 'cp -a', works fine. Also, it works fine when coreutils was built with the configure options "--disable-acl --disable-xattr". How to reproduce =