Re: ls --group-directories-first

Francesco Montorsi ha scritto: Jim Meyering ha scritto: Francesco Montorsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: anyone on this ? Francesco Montorsi ha scritto: Hi, I've got the reply from FSF copyright ! Finally copyright stuff should be okay. So, I repost the patch ;) Thanks for the ping. There i

Re: ls --group-directories-first

Francesco Montorsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Finally copyright stuff should be okay. > So, I repost the patch ;) >>> >>> Thanks for the ping. >>> There is at least one patch in the queue ahead of this. >>> One thing you can do to accelerate the process is to add >>> a few tests. >> o

Re: Fwd: basename/dirname // patch resubmit

Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ChangeLog: > 2006-03-11 Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * tests/misc/dirname: New file. > * tests/basename/Makefile.am: Delete. > * tests/basename/basic: Move to... > * tests/misc/basename: ... this new file. Add some tests, >

Re: [patch #4978] hexadecimal support for dd

* Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060323 14:52]: > Follow-up Comment #3, patch #4978 (project coreutils): > > Short, easy to type, conforming to POSIX: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=$((0xe)) count=1 I agree. This is simple enough to make the patch unnecessary. Stefan __

why doesn't "tail -f" use select or poll?

Is there any reason why "tail -f" doesn't use select or poll, instead of sleep? For the case where you are following a filename instead of an fd I realize this isn't possible. But for the more common case, where you *are* following a fd, select would make it so you immediately see any ou

Re: ls --group-directories-first

Jim Meyering ha scritto: Francesco Montorsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... Finally copyright stuff should be okay. So, I repost the patch ;) Thanks for the ping. There is at least one patch in the queue ahead of this. One thing you can do to accelerate the process is to add a few tests. ok, I'

Re: why doesn't "tail -f" use select or poll?

Joshua Haberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any reason why "tail -f" doesn't use select or poll, instead > of sleep? Mostly inertia, I'd guess. The whole area used to be a portability minefield. These days programs should use pselect if available, in preference to either 'select' or

[patch #4994] Include -lm in uptime link line when needed

URL: Summary: Include -lm in uptime link line when needed Project: GNU Core Utilities Submitted by: None Submitted on: Mon 03/27/06 at 07:21 Category: None

Re: [patch #4994] Include -lm in uptime link line when needed

> In particular this matters when doing a cross-build. > > --- coreutils-5.94/src/Makefile.am 2006/03/27 05:08:50 1.1 > +++ coreutils-5.94/src/Makefile.am 2006/03/27 06:48:31 > @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ > sleep_LDADD = $(nanosec_libs) > tail_LDADD = $(nanosec_libs) > > -uptime_LDADD = $(LDA