Hello Pádraig, You can always set the Ubuntu task to "Fix Committed". This means a fix was made available (probably in upstream) but has not yet been packaged for Ubuntu.
Given this is a low impact bug (it *is*, after all, documented in the man page, I expect this bug to move to "Fix Released" when we next sync 8.24 or later from Debian. Additionally, so that we do not lose track, I am opening a Coreutils upstream task, and setting it to Fix Released (you can do that by clicking on "also affects project", and selecting one of the options there). Thank you for you work on this bug. We appreciate it. ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Also affects: coreutils Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: coreutils Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to coreutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450179 Title: manpage of cut should explain how to read from stdin Status in The Gnu Core Utilities: Fix Released Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: It's a crucial usecase. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: coreutils 8.23-3ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.0.0-040000-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Apr 29 22:00:24 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-02 (26 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150326) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: coreutils SystemImageInfo: current build number: 0 device name: channel: daily last update: Unknown UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/coreutils/+bug/1450179/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp