Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr

2007-06-13 Thread Vin Shelton
On 6/12/07, Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: ... I can't recreate that. First I tried the current version control head and it worked fine with your test case. So I pulled the prior 6.8 bundle and compiled it. $ wget

ls should not color output when --color=auto is used in environment TERM=dumb

2007-06-13 Thread Lenny Domnitser
Some terminals such as M-x shell in Emacs don't understand color output, and set the TERM environment variable to dumb. ls should check that variable when turning on color from --color=auto. For a use case of TERM=dumb which works around ls --color=auto, here's a snippet from /etc/skel/.bashrc

Re: ls should not color output when --color=auto is used in environment TERM=dumb

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Lenny Domnitser wrote: Some terminals such as M-x shell in Emacs don't understand color output, and set the TERM environment variable to dumb. ls should check that variable when turning on color from --color=auto. The documented behavior of --color=auto is this: * auto - Only use

FYI: README-hacking: note that gperf is required

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Cc'ing gnulib, because I doubt that Coreutils is the only package that requires this sort of change. This build-from-source dependency (a few months old, actually) comes solely from the use of gnulib's linebreak module, which requires the iconv_open module, which uses Gperf. 2007-06-13 Jim

Re: ls should not color output when --color=auto is used in environment TERM=dumb

2007-06-13 Thread Andreas Schwab
Lenny Domnitser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some terminals such as M-x shell in Emacs don't understand color output, and set the TERM environment variable to dumb. ls should check that variable when turning on color from --color=auto. The value of TERM has no influence on the color output, only

Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr

2007-06-13 Thread James Youngman
On 6/13/07, Vin Shelton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/12/07, Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If, after the above, you still see the problem, please save a copy of your config.log file (evidence! to send here). Then you can probably work around it by rebuilding with ./configure

[PATCH] SEQ BUG

2007-06-13 Thread Pádraig Brady
This patch makes `seq 0.1 0.1 0.9` output 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive, as expected. The documentation for the previously required workaround is removed. Note I changed the Makefile for seq to link $(SEQ_LIBM) rather than $(POW_LIB), as $(POW_LIB) was empty. Is the configure test correct for pow()? as

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Karel Zak
Hi, 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 adding it to coreutils should be considered an option, too. Opinions? On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 04:17:32PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: Jim

Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr

2007-06-13 Thread Vin Shelton
On 6/13/07, James Youngman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/13/07, Vin Shelton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/12/07, Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If, after the above, you still see the problem, please save a copy of your config.log file (evidence! to send here). Then you can probably

3d desktop.

2007-06-13 Thread Hans Våg Aaknes
Hi! I've just installed Ubuntu v7.04 on my computer. The system works almost perfectly. Unfortunately I've encountered some problems with the Beryl module. You see, I can't get the 3D-Desktop effect to work. The only thing working is the woobling windows effekt. However, when I go to terminal and

Re: ls should not color output when --color=auto is used in environment TERM=dumb

2007-06-13 Thread Lenny Domnitser
On 6/13/07, Bob Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't understand. That snippet you show works perfectly for me. I am also an emacs user and the above configures perfectly for me within an emacs shell. Therefore I don't understand what problem you are reporting. Does the above not configure

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Meyering
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 adding it to coreutils should be considered an option, too. Opinions? On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 04:17:32PM -0700,

Re: FYI: bug-fix: cp would fail to write through a dangling symlink

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm glad it's only a problem in a very unusual situation (copying through a dangling symlink) and on a system that is ... The basic idea is that if 'cp' detects a dangling symlink, it resolves the link using

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Paul Eggert
Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The option syntax is awkward due to autoconf's pseudo-requirement that such options look like --enable-REMAINDER_OF_NAME=VAL . I'd welcome a better name. How about --enable-program-FOO and --disable-program-BAR, with the default being close to what it is

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The option syntax is awkward due to autoconf's pseudo-requirement that such options look like --enable-REMAINDER_OF_NAME=VAL . I'd welcome a better name. How about --enable-program-FOO and --disable-program-BAR,

Re: 3d desktop.

2007-06-13 Thread Matthew Woehlke
Hans Våg Aaknes wrote: Hi! I've just installed Ubuntu v7.04 on my computer. The system works almost perfectly. Unfortunately I've encountered some problems with the Beryl module. You see, I can't get the 3D-Desktop effect to work. The only thing working is the woobling windows effekt. However,

Re: ls should not color output when --color=auto is used in environment TERM=dumb

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Lenny Domnitser wrote: It works fine, but it seems that it's a workaround for behavior ls could have. Since ls already has so very many features adding more features requires a higher activation energy than adding features for other commands. For something conceptually very simple the ls

Re: [PATCH] SEQ BUG

2007-06-13 Thread Pádraig Brady
Paul Eggert wrote: Pádraig Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This patch makes `seq 0.1 0.1 0.9` output 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive, as expected. I see some problems with that patch. First, it continues to mishandle some similar cases. For example, 'seq 0.1 1e-1 0.9' outputs only 0.1 through

Re: ls should not color output when --color=auto is used in environment TERM=dumb

2007-06-13 Thread Micah Cowan
Bob Proulx wrote: Lenny Domnitser wrote: It works fine, but it seems that it's a workaround for behavior ls could have. Since ls already has so very many features adding more features requires a higher activation energy than adding features for other commands. For something conceptually

Re: nohup feature request / Please fwd to Jim Meyering

2007-06-13 Thread Phillip Susi
Bob Proulx wrote: Uhm... I think we drifted from the feature discussion: How so? Jack van de Vossenberg wrote: My request is: could the output be preceded by 1) the name/PID of the process that produces the output. 2) the time that the output was produced. I don't think that is possible

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 adding it to coreutils should be considered an

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Bauke Jan Douma
Jim Meyering wrote on 13-06-07 16:05: Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you think of a new configure-time option that would list extra programs like arch that you'd like to install? I would probably add su to the list, since most installers don't want the version from coreutils.

Re: ls should not color output when --color=auto is used in environment TERM=dumb

2007-06-13 Thread John Cowan
Micah Cowan scripsit: I would expect virtually every application that sends special terminal control sequences (such as those used for coloring) to respect the TERM variable and relevant terminal databases; it's just good manners. I agree. Since the documented behavior of --color is to color

Re: FYI: bug-fix: cp would fail to write through a dangling symlink

2007-06-13 Thread Paul Eggert
Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, I don't like using canonicalize_filename_mode, partly for its internal xmalloc. Technically, copy.c aspires to librarihood, so it is not supposed to exit on OOM errors, but there is precedent there, and I'm not going to fix *that* right now.

Re: FYI: bug-fix: cp would fail to write through a dangling symlink

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, I don't like using canonicalize_filename_mode, partly for its internal xmalloc. Technically, copy.c aspires to librarihood, so it is not supposed to exit on OOM errors, but there is precedent there, and

Re: FYI: bug-fix: cp would fail to write through a dangling symlink

2007-06-13 Thread Paul Eggert
Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, it's total overkill for this application. Another thing: we don't need to resolve internal symlinks, just the last one. Why would we want to resolve *any* of them, if we can get the dir-fd, ent-name pair I mentioned? Sorry, I lost context; but I

Re: 3d desktop.

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Hans Våg Aaknes wrote: Unfortunately I've encountered some problems with the Beryl module. You see, I can't get the 3D-Desktop effect to work. You are asking a question about Beryl but you sent your message to the GNU Coreutils mailing list. The GNU Coreutils are the basic file, shell and text

mv: overwrite `/etc/lilo.conf', overriding mode 0644?

2007-06-13 Thread Dan Jacobson
$ mv /etc/motd /etc/lilo.conf mv: overwrite `/etc/lilo.conf', overriding mode 0644? y mv: cannot move `/etc/motd' to `/etc/lilo.conf': Permission denied I would skip the first message, as isn't there no point in asking, as it is bound to fail. No? Yes, one could use mv -f. cp doesn't have the

Re: mv: overwrite `/etc/lilo.conf', overriding mode 0644?

2007-06-13 Thread Dan Hipschman
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 06:18:38AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: $ mv /etc/motd /etc/lilo.conf mv: overwrite `/etc/lilo.conf', overriding mode 0644? y mv: cannot move `/etc/motd' to `/etc/lilo.conf': Permission denied I would skip the first message, as isn't there no point in asking, as it is

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
Oh, and I'm overlooking these: groupsis in the shadow package too idis in the shadow package too On GNU systems, like GNU/Linux, it is only appropriate to install the GNU version of these programs by default. The problem with su is that it requires root access to be

Re: [PATCH] arch: new program

2007-06-13 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Jim Meyering wrote: I'm planning something like this: Programs *not* to install by default: su arch Here's a minimum list of programs that you may choose not to install: chroot df hostid hostname

Re: mv: overwrite `/etc/lilo.conf', overriding mode 0644?

2007-06-13 Thread jidanni
J Thanks for the bug report, but 5.97 is very close to a year old. J You're wasting your time testing it, I think, because many changes J have been made since then. Please try a recent version of coreutils. J (More generally, before reporting a bug in any piece of software, it J is advisabel to

Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr

2007-06-13 Thread Vin Shelton
On 6/13/07, Bob Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vin Shelton wrote: James Youngman wrote: If you rebuild with ICC, does the problem persist? Yes. It will be interesting to see what is happening there. If so, could you try the things that Jim and Bob suggested? Specifically, sending us