Re: [RFC] fallocate utility

2009-08-14 Thread Karel Zak
en I suggest > adding the linux specific fallocate util to util-linux-ng, > and we'll add the more generic `truncate --allocate` > (or separate command) to coreutils. So.. what is our final conclusion? The Linux specific fallocate(1) in util-linux-ng, right? Everyone agrees? Karel -- Karel Zak

Re: adding "arch" (aka uname -m) to the coreutils

2007-06-05 Thread Karel Zak
m name to the list) > documentation update (both man/arch.x and coreutils.texi) > new files, src/uname.h, uname-arch.c > {man,src}/Makefile.am > > and for extra credit, also add a test script named, say, tests/misc/arch > comparing its output with e.g., that from uname

[PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-05 Thread Karel Zak
: Add arch. * man/arch.x: New file. * man/Makefile.am (dist_man_MANS): Add arch.1. (arch.1): New dependency. * tests/misc/arch: New test, compare "arch" with "uname -m" Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- AUTHORS|3 +- ChangeLog | 14

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-06 Thread Karel Zak
ers/distributors. > I'm not too interested in making arch compatible with the Solaris one, I agree :-) > so there should probably be some fail-safe to force installation of > "arch" on a Solaris system. The goal was simply to pull in the one > from the util-lin

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Karel Zak
eutils already decides by default to omit. is there any final decision? I'd like to freeze util-linux-ng code in next few weeks. We can also postpone this issue ;-( There is no problem to keep the old arch command in util-linux for the next release. Karel -- Karel Zak <[EMA

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Karel Zak
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 04:05:46PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:45:09PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > >> I hate to say it, after Karel has done most of the work, but I suppose > >> simply not

Re: suming utility

2007-07-24 Thread Karel Zak
licate effort (scm, mailing list, build-system ...), you can also maintain the utils in util-linux-ng :-) It's very easy with distributed SCM. My $0.02... Karel -- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils

Re: suming utility

2007-07-25 Thread Karel Zak
this a good decision. > Currently my scripts depend on coreutils which would not be appropriate > for util-linux-ng components, so they would be rewritten in C > (which would be good for other reasons). I'd like to see scriptreplay.pl in C too. The dependence on Perl is painful.

bug#10317: su: -l and -p should not be used together

2013-05-29 Thread Karel Zak
have added note to the man page as well as warning to the code. Karel >From 3e5c0a2db233b726ca80d37aad9eeca8bae144d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:32:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] su: ignore --preserve-environment, it's mutually exclusive to --logi

bug#10317: su: -l and -p should not be used together

2013-06-07 Thread Karel Zak
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:55:10AM +0200, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > As the change was in su-common.c, this also affects runuser. > I think this should then be documented in runuser.1, too, right? Good point, fixed. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com

bug#69532: mv's new -x option should be made orthogonal to -t/-T/default

2024-03-05 Thread Karel Zak
Linux-specific feature in util-linux. We should discuss such changes early next time ;-) Thanks for CC: Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com

bug#69532: mv's new -x option should be made orthogonal to -t/-T/default

2024-03-22 Thread Karel Zak
clusion will be that mv(1) is a bad choice :-) > I'm currently only 20:80 for adding it to mv(1). I think the functionality will be lost in the mv(1) for many users. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com