bug#12820: gnulib testsuite failure in latest master

2012-11-08 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/08/2012 08:44 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Ouch, I read your strace output incorrectly: it was napping > for 20 ms, not 2 s. Still, there should be no need to nap > for that long; 1 ms should suffice on your platform. > > I installed the following patch to cause the test > to take shorter naps.

bug#12730: bug #12730: patch attached

2012-11-08 Thread Andrew Warshall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:05:30 +0100 Jim Meyering wrote: > > Hmm trying the latest from gnulib, I saw a compilation failure. > And it was my fault for omitting a hunk of your patch when > I adjusted it. Sorry about that. > > Here's the fix. > >

bug#12658: [patches] some undocumented options in chcon

2012-11-08 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 11/07/2012 08:56 PM, Benno Schulenberg wrote: On Fri, Oct 19, 2012, at 11:17, Jim Meyering wrote: Please ping us if they're not applied soon after 8.20. I've adjusted the 2 remaining patches a little. First to use the doc: prefix on the summary to indicate they're not logic changes. I've

bug#12794: Bug in dd: it sends wrong messages to stderr

2012-11-08 Thread Linda Walsh
I'm wanting to clarify two issues about this exchange. One issue is regarding personal interactions, and the other issues is about the nature of the POSIX standard. These are observations -- not a call to action. Bob Proulx wrote: Ganton wrote: Sorry, but dd is older than POSIX

bug#12794: Bug in dd: it sends wrong messages to stderr

2012-11-08 Thread Bernhard Voelker
Dear Linda, On 11/07/2012 10:06 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > That something appears "open" to > contributing, means nothing by itself. yes, it does (see below). > I've seen more than one open > source projects that claimed to be "open", only to see patches to > correct design problems, persistent

bug#12830: charset.alias incorrect path

2012-11-08 Thread Jim Meyering
Matias A. fonzo wrote: > El Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:11:37 +0100 > Jim Meyering escribió: >> [..] >> >> +from the "lib/" prefix-adding heuristic. Reported by Matias >> A. fonzo >> +in http://bugs.gnu.org/12206. >> + >> [...] > > Reported here in http://bugs.gnu.org/12830 Good catch. I've cor

bug#12841: Make for AIX 8.20 fails with undefined symbol .rpl_malloc

2012-11-08 Thread Michael Felt
root@x104:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.20]export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 root@x104:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.20]CFLAGS=-O2 -qcpluscmt ./configure \ --prefix=/opt \ --sysconfdir=/var/coreutils/etc \ --sharedstatedir=/var/coreutils/com \ --localstat

bug#12830: charset.alias incorrect path

2012-11-08 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Matias A. fonzo wrote: >> El Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:11:37 +0100 >> Jim Meyering escribió: >>> [..] >>> >>> + from the "lib/" prefix-adding heuristic. Reported by Matias >>> A. fonzo >>> + in http://bugs.gnu.org/12206. >>> + >>> [...] >> >> Reported here in http://bugs.gnu.o