Public bug reported: The dirname command provided by uutils (in coreutils-from-uutils) has a bug in its behavior. Input "/home/user/." returns "/home" instead of "/home/user". This breaks applications, such as homeshick, which relies on this behavior to function correctly.
By default, Ubuntu appears to install three different forms of coreutils: coreutils-from-uutils (which has the bug and is in PATH by default), gnu-coreutils (which does not have the bug, but all the executables are renamed), and rust-coreutils (which also has the bug). This was already fixed upstream in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8911 so the fix needs to be packaged and deployed by Ubuntu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10 Package: coreutils-from-uutils 0.0.0~ubuntu24 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-8.8-generic 6.17.2 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Mon Jan 26 16:01:40 2026 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-12-28 (394 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Release amd64 (20241007.6) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: coreutils-from UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-11-15 (72 days ago) ** Affects: coreutils-from (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2139114 Title: dirname behavior incompatibility with GNU coreutils To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils-from/+bug/2139114/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
