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2009-08-20 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > I suspect this patch works around your compiler's > inadequate "bool" support: > > diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c > index 73b3981..19efb1d 100644 > --- a/src/install.c > +++ b/src/install.c > @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static bool > extra_mode (mode_t input) > { >c

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2009-08-20 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote >> I'm beginning to think there's a fundamental problem with your system. >> Here's the comparable part of truss output on a working Solaris 10 > system: > ... >> Remember, you did not compile with gcc. >> >> Unless someone can suggest an alternative ex

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote > I'm beginning to think there's a fundamental problem with your system. > Here's the comparable part of truss output on a working Solaris 10 system: ... > Remember, you did not compile with gcc. > > Unless someone can suggest an alternative explanation, > I'll have to assume th

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2009-08-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: > >> The *second* time that command is run, it appears to print nothing. >> >> Do this in src/: >> >> ./touch a b; mode3=2755 >> ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b >> ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > > Bingo! > >> If the second invocation of ginstal

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > The *second* time that command is run, it appears to print nothing. > > Do this in src/: > > ./touch a b; mode3=2755 > ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b Bingo! > If the second invocation of ginstall doesn't print anything, > that indica

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2009-08-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Please run this command from your build directory >> >> cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } >> >> and tell us what it prints. > > somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: > > $ cd src && {

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Long-term, best for you would be to install GNU diffutils. done: === GNU coreutils 7.4.127-d2510: tests/test-suite.log === 1 of 1 test failed. .. contents:: :d

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2009-08-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Please run this command from your build directory >> >> cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } >> >> and tell us what it prints. > > somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: > > $ cd src && {

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2009-08-19 Thread Philip Rowlands
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Voelker, Bernhard wrote: somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: $ cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } > it waits for the command to be continued ... I can't see why That's not quite valid (POSIX) sh, which requir

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2009-08-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Please run this command from your build directory >> >> cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } >> >> and tell us what it prints. > > somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: > > $ cd src && {

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -C tests \ >TESTS=cp/preserve-gid VERBOSE=yes I think you meant sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -C tests check \ TESTS=cp/preserve-gid VERBOSE=yes BTW: I'm not sure but shouldn't the tests mak

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2009-08-19 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Please run this command from your build directory > > cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b } > > and tell us what it prints. somehow, my shell (/bin/ksh) doesn't like the { ... } syntax here: $ cd src && { touch a b; mode3=2755; ./ginstall -Cv

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Did you run it as recommended in README, i.e., >> after building as non-root, run this: >> >> sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root > > no. > I built it as non-root, ran `make check` as non-root, and then > - because

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > It fails on this test: > # option -C ignored if any non-permission mode should be set > ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > out || fail=1 > compare out out_installed_second || fail=1 > ginstall -Cv -m$mode3 a b > out || fail=1 > compare out out_insta

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Did you run it as recommended in README, i.e., > after building as non-root, run this: > > sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root no. I built it as non-root, ran `make check` as non-root, and then - because I saw that a few tests can only be run

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
> Jim Meyering wrote: >> Voelker, Bernhard wrote: >> FAIL: misc/stdbuf (exit: 1) > That one's easy. > My fault for using skip_test_ before it's defined: It works: ./misc/stdbuf: skipping test: stdbuf not built SKIP: misc/stdbuf >> FAIL: install/install-C (exit: 1) >> =

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Here's a tarball with those two not-yet-pushed changes: > > Now, `make check` works ... mostly. > > I attached the 2 logfiles - 1 run as root, 1 run as non-root. > It seems that the test-suite sometimes relies on GNU coreutils > like rm or mv in th

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Here's a tarball with those two not-yet-pushed changes: > > Now, `make check` works ... mostly. > > I attached the 2 logfiles - 1 run as root, 1 run as non-root. > It seems that the test-suite sometimes relies on GNU coreutils > like rm or mv in the

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
C de-Avillez wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 22:26 +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Pádraig fixed a few bugs (thanks!), and I've pulled in >> the latest from gnulib, so here's another snapshot. >> Thanks to everyone who has been helping. > > No issues on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Thanks for the feedbac

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2009-08-18 Thread C de-Avillez
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 22:26 +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > Pádraig fixed a few bugs (thanks!), and I've pulled in > the latest from gnulib, so here's another snapshot. > Thanks to everyone who has been helping. No issues on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala signature.asc Description: This is a digitally s

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2009-08-18 Thread Pádraig Brady
All tests pass on FC5 and F11. cheers, Pádraig.

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Here's a tarball with those two not-yet-pushed changes: Now, `make check` works ... mostly. I attached the 2 logfiles - 1 run as root, 1 run as non-root. It seems that the test-suite sometimes relies on GNU coreutils like rm or mv in the path instead of the fresh compiled on

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Here's a better patch. >> (this also renames check-AUTHORS to sc_check-AUTHORS) > > this doesn't work - stdbuf is still tried to be built. > I double-checked with a fresh `tar zxf ...` and the patches > to the 3 files. > > I attached the (solaris) d

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > Here's a better patch. > (this also renames check-AUTHORS to sc_check-AUTHORS) this doesn't work - stdbuf is still tried to be built. I double-checked with a fresh `tar zxf ...` and the patches to the 3 files. I attached the (solaris) diff of the files and the output of `mak

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> coreutils began the switch to C99 years ago, and that sort of >> initialization is a new addition. We did debate whether to use the >> new-to-coreutils construct. However, if that's the only bit of code >> that causes build failure for this compi

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> coreutils began the switch to C99 years ago, and that sort of >> initialization is a new addition. We did debate whether to use the >> new-to-coreutils construct. However, if that's the only bit of code >> that causes build failure for this compil

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Jim Meyering wrote: > coreutils began the switch to C99 years ago, and that sort of > initialization is a new addition. We did debate whether to use the > new-to-coreutils construct. However, if that's the only bit of code > that causes build failure for this compiler, I may accommodate it with >

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2009-08-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > make failed for me: > - non-root > > - Solaris 10: > $ uname -a > SunOS avanti 5.10 Generic_127111-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise > > - Compiler: > $ cc -V > cc: Forte Developer 7 C 5.4 2002/03/09 > > - ./configure --prefix=/user/ecs2 --disable-nls > > - Mak

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2009-08-18 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
make failed for me: - non-root - Solaris 10: $ uname -a SunOS avanti 5.10 Generic_127111-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise - Compiler: $ cc -V cc: Forte Developer 7 C 5.4 2002/03/09 - ./configure --prefix=/user/ecs2 --disable-nls - Make output snippet: CC sort.o "sort.c", line

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2009-08-17 Thread Jim Meyering
Erik Auerswald wrote: > make && make check passes for me too: > - non-root > - Debian/sid (linux 2.6.30, gcc 4.3.4, glibc 2.9) > - x86_32 system Thank you, too!

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2009-08-17 Thread Erik Auerswald
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:51:54PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> Changes in coreutils since 7.4.115-c9c92: > > > > `make && make check` passes for me: > > - non-root user > > - glibc-2.10.1 > > - gcc-4.4.1 > > - linux-2.6.30.4 > > - x86_64 system > > Good to hear. >

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2009-08-17 Thread Jim Meyering
Mike Frysinger wrote: >> Changes in coreutils since 7.4.115-c9c92: > > `make && make check` passes for me: > - non-root user > - glibc-2.10.1 > - gcc-4.4.1 > - linux-2.6.30.4 > - x86_64 system Good to hear. Thanks for the speedy feedback!

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2009-08-17 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 17 August 2009 16:26:20 Jim Meyering wrote: > Pádraig fixed a few bugs (thanks!), and I've pulled in > the latest from gnulib, so here's another snapshot. > Thanks to everyone who has been helping. > > I'm expecting to switch from statfs to statvfs after releasing > coreutils-7.5, assumin

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2009-08-17 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig fixed a few bugs (thanks!), and I've pulled in the latest from gnulib, so here's another snapshot. Thanks to everyone who has been helping. I'm expecting to switch from statfs to statvfs after releasing coreutils-7.5, assuming no system we care about is affected. coreutils snapshot: htt