bug#8606: Works in 8.5 but broken from 8.10 onwards

No, it's expected. In the NEWS file, it's the first bug fix listed under coreutils 8.6. Yes, that is what I was thinking after going back and forth with Git. However, I am confused because FreeBSD 8.1's du seems to have the earlier behaviour. Happy hacking, Debarshi pgpnIk4H74NJm.pgp

bug#8609: $GZIP doesn't mean what you think it means.

Let me show you what happens if I try to clone coreutils from git and compile in the most straightforward way possible: % git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils Cloning into coreutils... remote: Counting objects: 151287, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (37539/37539), done. remote: Total

bug#8609: $GZIP doesn't mean what you think it means.

Alan Curry wrote: Let me show you what happens if I try to clone coreutils from git and compile in the most straightforward way possible: % git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils Cloning into coreutils... remote: Counting objects: 151287, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100%