new coreutils snapshot available

2008-03-29 Thread Jim Meyering
I'm planning to make a release soon, maybe in the next week, so here's a snapshot of the current state: coreutils snapshot: http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.gz8.8 MB http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.lzma 3.6 MB http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.gz.sig http:

Re: Test suite failure in new snapshot

2008-03-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got an error in `make check' in this snapshot: > Here are the contents of selinux.log: > > FAIL: selinux.log (exit: 1) > --- out 2008-03-29 17:48:48.0 +0100 > +++ exp 2008-03-29 17:48:48.0 +0100 > @@ -1 +1 @@ > -mkdir: failed t

Re: Test suite failure in new snapshot

2008-03-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I got an error in `make check' in this snapshot: >> Here are the contents of selinux.log: >> >> FAIL: selinux.log (exit: 1) >> --- out 2008-03-29 17:48:48.0 +0100 >> +++ exp 2008-03-29 17:48:48.0

Test suite failure in new snapshot (was: new coreutils snapshot available)

2008-03-29 Thread Sven Joachim
I got an error in `make check' in this snapshot: , | make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/coreutils-6.10.156-0ec48/tests/mkdir' | make check-TESTS | make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/coreutils-6.10.156-0ec48/tests/mkdir' | make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/coreut

Patch against src/remove.c for correct handling of negative error codes

2008-03-29 Thread Axel Dörfler
Hi, the enclosed patch changes the following (remove.c against HEAD): * write_protected_non_symlink() now returns -1 for error (errno will be set accordingly), 0 for everything fine, and 1 if it's a write protected file. * prompt() now deals with the changed semantics of the above function. It's

Re: Test suite failure in new snapshot

2008-03-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-03-29 19:03 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > What type of system are you using? Debian GNU/Linux sid, i386 architecture. > Kernel? Linux 2.6.24.4, self-compiled. > Which version of libselinux? 2.0.59, according to `dpkg -l libselinux1'. > Please run this: > > strace -o log ./mkdir -Z

Re: Test suite failure in new snapshot

2008-03-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-03-29 19:21 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > Here's a patch that actually has a chance of working ;-) I can confirm that it actually works. :-) Sven ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-co

Modifiable NMERGE in sort

2008-03-29 Thread Bo Borgerson
Hi, I've found at times that it's useful to merge more than NMERGE (currently 16) inputs without using temp files. I've modified my local version of sort to allow this number to be overridden on the command-line (please see enclosed patch). Is this an option that might be worth including in a fu

Re: Test suite failure in new snapshot

2008-03-29 Thread Jim Meyering
Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-03-29 19:03 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >> What type of system are you using? > Debian GNU/Linux sid, i386 architecture. > >> Kernel? > > Linux 2.6.24.4, self-compiled. Was that without CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX ? >> Which version of libselinux? > >

Re: Test suite failure in new snapshot

2008-03-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-03-29 22:08 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 2008-03-29 19:03 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> Kernel? >> >> Linux 2.6.24.4, self-compiled. > > Was that without CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX ? Yes. >> open("/proc/self/task/20595/attr/fscreate", O_RDWR|O_