bug#12322: coreutils-8.1{8, 9} with /etc/mtab as real file, df/total-unprocessed fail, df/no-mtab-status is skipped

2012-09-02 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 09/01/2012 05:49 PM, g@free.fr wrote: Maybe both tests could check if /etc/mtab is a symlink and adjust df parameter to not fail? I made this change on the tests to see if that work cd $(DIR_APP) sed -i s/ '\.' / / tests/df/total-unprocessed cd $(DIR_APP) sed -i s/df

bug#12334: [patches] two tiny textual fixes for 'touch'

2012-09-02 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Hi, Attached two patches slightly improve the help text and documentation of 'touch'. Regards, Benno -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service From 5df770d0e0b1d64d18a1ca0885f334e98e892f35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg bensb...@justemail.net

bug#12334: [patches] two tiny textual fixes for 'touch'

2012-09-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg wrote: Hi, Attached two patches slightly improve the help text and documentation of 'touch'. Regards, Benno -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service From 5df770d0e0b1d64d18a1ca0885f334e98e892f35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno

bug#12334: [patches] two tiny textual fixes for 'touch'

2012-09-02 Thread Benno Schulenberg
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012, at 13:54, Jim Meyering wrote: Benno Schulenberg wrote: -Ignored; for compatibility with BSD versions of @command{touch}. +Ignored; recognized for compatibility with BSD versions of @command{touch}. This seems understandable to me already. Yes, with a little thought

bug#12334: [patches] two tiny textual fixes for 'touch'

2012-09-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg wrote: On Sun, Sep 2, 2012, at 13:54, Jim Meyering wrote: Benno Schulenberg wrote: -Ignored; for compatibility with BSD versions of @command{touch}. +Ignored; recognized for compatibility with BSD versions of @command{touch}. This seems understandable to me already.

bug#12336: test bug

2012-09-02 Thread Bala Murugan
Hi team , we are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8. Our default shell is BASH. while using *test command* for single file its working fine.But when we use test command for multiple files we are facing this issue. I will paste the issue. [balamup2@cl-flor-dvvm026 ~]$ test -f

bug#12336: test bug

2012-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
tag 12336 + notabug moreinfo thanks Bala Murugan wrote: we are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8. Our default shell is BASH. while using *test command* for single file its working fine.But when we use test command for multiple files we are facing this issue. I will paste the

bug#12322: coreutils-8.1{8, 9} with /etc/mtab as real file, df/total-unprocessed fail, df/no-mtab-status is skipped

2012-09-02 Thread g . esp
- Mail original - De: Bernhard Voelker m...@bernhard-voelker.de À: g esp g@free.fr Cc: 12...@debbugs.gnu.org Envoyé: Dimanche 2 Septembre 2012 11:05:28 Objet: bug#12322: coreutils-8.1{8, 9} with /etc/mtab as real file, df/total-unprocessed fail, df/no-mtab-status is

bug#12339: Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it is documented to do so.

2012-09-02 Thread Linda Walsh
I'm not sure what the rational for putting in special check to try to remove the current directory *before*, it's children is, but it's not correct behavior. It used to be it just 'ignored' an attempt to delete the current dir and deleted all the files under it. Now there seems to be a

bug#12339: Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it is documented to do so.

2012-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Linda Walsh wrote: Now there seems to be a special check for . and disallow it as a rm target. But that was a safe and portable way to delete all contents. ... I would expect it to delete all but the current inode I'm parked on, and for it -- either issue an error or silently ignore ...