Public bug reported:
Confirming this affects real workflows.
Environment:
- Ubuntu (25.10)
- coreutils: ls (uutils coreutils) 0.2.2
- Emacs + Dired
Reproduction:
ln -s target link
ls --dired -l
Effect:
- Emacs Dired receives "link -> target" as filename
- dired-get-filename returns full string
- file-symlink-p returns nil
- Cannot follow symlink from Dired
Expected:
Filename boundary should include only "link", not "link -> target"
This is a regression from GNU coreutils and breaks tools relying on
--dired. Had to revert to GNU coreutils.
Also reported upstream.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
Package: coreutils-from-uutils (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-20.20-generic 6.17.13
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 8 06:35:02 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-31 (585 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/zsh
TERM=xterm-kitty
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: coreutils-from
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-11-23 (136 days ago)
** Affects: coreutils-from (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session
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Title:
ls --dired (uutils coreutils) breaks Emacs Dired symlink handling in
real workflows, forcing a revert to GNU coreutils.
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