Re: cp -i and mv -i incompatibility with POSIX

Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a patch that fixes an incompability of cp -i and mv -i with > POSIX. POSIX requires a prompt fairly early on, so that the user can > bail out from an operation they know will fail. But coreutils > sometimes looks ahead, sees that the operation will

join bug?

hey, i think there is a bug in join command. i'm joining two sorted files and there is no joining for an expected mapping. here is the example: f1: 79 53 f2: 791 834 79 82 join f1 f2 == blank if i change f2 to: 1791 834 79 82 join f1 f2 == 79 53 82 thanks, erez __

2G tmpfile of sort

hello, I sorted a 40GB file with 'sort'. I have found,that sort can't create temp file > 2GB.After i changed mkstemp to mkstemp64,it works! Chun ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils

BASH$ info cat does not work on OpenVMS

I have installed BASH form HP on my OpenVMS System and found that the command "info cat" does not work on this unix shell, why? Regards and thanks Josef ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-core

Re: "chmod a+rwx A B" doesn't chmod A before chmoding B

Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While testing the new mkdir -p stuff I noticed a bug in chmod: > it doesn't operate left-to-right as tradition and POSIX require: > > $ mkdir d d/e > $ chmod 0 d/e d > $ chmod a+rwx d d/e > chmod: cannot access `d/e': Permission denied > > The last c

Re: join bug?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Erez PERELMAN on 9/19/2006 11:44 AM: > hey, i think there is a bug in join command. i'm joining two sorted > files and there is no joining for an expected mapping. here is the example: > > f1: > 79 53 > > f2: > 791 834 > 79 82 Not a bu

Re: 2G tmpfile of sort

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Chun Cui on 9/19/2006 10:36 AM: > hello, > I sorted a 40GB file with 'sort'. > I have found,that sort can't create temp file > 2GB.After i changed > mkstemp to mkstemp64,it works! Thanks for the report. Which platform, which compiler, an

Re: BASH$ info cat does not work on OpenVMS

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The fact that you mailed bug-textutils means that you are probably due for an upgrade; textutils were merged into coreutils, with the latest stable release of 5.97 and a stable candidate of 6.2. According to Stadelmann Josef on 9/20/2006 12:35 AM: > I

new test, specifically for chmod bug fix

I've added a new test, specifically for the chmod bug. 2006-09-20 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * tests/chmod/inaccessible: New test, specifically for this bug. Based on a test case from Paul Eggert. * tests/chmod/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add inaccessible. Index: tests/c

[bug #17794] error: possibly undefined macro: gl_LOCK_EARLY

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #17794 (project coreutils): Including bootstrap in the tarball sounds like a good idea, but perhaps with a new snippet of code to make it fail when it's run from a directory that appears to have been untarred, rather than checked out from some version control system. Th

[bug #1728] pr header line length sometimes incorrect

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #1728 (project coreutils): Hi Bob, I can't see any details here. Can you add some, or say that it's fixed in coreutlis-6.2? Thanks, Jim ___ Reply to this item at: ___

[bug #1212] wishlist: ls sort case insensitive option

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #1212 (project coreutils): Hi Bob, Can you supply details? The Original Submission URL is no longer valid. Or, with a little luck, the problem has already been solved :) Thanks, Jim ___ Reply to this item at:

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[bug #17794] error: possibly undefined macro: gl_LOCK_EARLY

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #17794 (project coreutils): "bootstrap" already should "just work" even when it's run in a directory that has already been bootstrapped, or a directory that came from a tarball. I don't offhand see why we'd want to disable that capability. _

[bug #17794] error: possibly undefined macro: gl_LOCK_EARLY

Follow-up Comment #9, bug #17794 (project coreutils): My concern is that running "bootstrap" not be done lightly. If you don't want to disable it entirely, when run from a non-version-controlled directory, a compromise would be to require a --force option in that case. Otherwise, we may well end

Re: cp -i and mv -i incompatibility with POSIX

Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At first glance, it's a pretty hairy change, but I've convinced > myself it's safe, so please go ahead and check it in. OK, thanks, I did that, with this NEWS entry: cp -i and mv -i occasionally neglected to prompt when the copy or move action was b

Re: 2G tmpfile of sort

Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the report. Which platform, which compiler, and which version > of coreutils was this? If it is still present in coreutils 6.2, we would > like to get it fixed before 6.3. Yes, likewise. Looking at the implementation, it seems like there are

Re: 2G tmpfile of sort

Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Thanks for the report. Which platform, which compiler, and which version >> of coreutils was this? If it is still present in coreutils 6.2, we would >> like to get it fixed before 6.3. > > Yes, likewise. > > Look

[patch #5408] test script error

Update of patch #5408 (project coreutils): Status:None => Invalid Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #1: There is no fil

[bug #17794] error: possibly undefined macro: gl_LOCK_EARLY

Update of bug #17794 (project coreutils): Status: In Progress => Fixed ___ Follow-up Comment #10: OK, I installed the attached patch to add a --force option to bootstrap along the lines you

[bug #17794] error: possibly undefined macro: gl_LOCK_EARLY

Update of bug #17794 (project coreutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Reply to this item at: ___

Re: "chmod a+rwx A B" doesn't chmod A before chmoding B

Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Regarding your conceptually separate change that adds the check > for fts_close failure, you're welcome to add it back, especially > if you can come up with a test case that triggers it. Those changes aren't needed any more, since the programs are about

Re: 2G tmpfile of sort

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please keep replies on the list, so that we can ensure this is resolved. According to Chun Cui on 9/20/2006 10:24 AM: > Hello, > Ah!I use Linux(Debian-unstable), version of sort is 'sort 5.93'. > > Intel CPU, 2GB Memory > coreutils

Re: 2G tmpfile of sort

Hello, I use Linux(Debian-unstable), version of sort is 'sort 5.93'. Intel CPU, 2GB Memory coreutils 5.2.1-2 gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060122 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.5-2) kernel-2.6.15 with xfs but the compiled version is coreutils-5.97. maybe the version of my coreutil is too ol