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GNU test suite compatibility

Many utils have gotten minor changes to improve GNU compatibility. Below is a summary of the progress. See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/ for more details

What's Changed

• Create a FUNDING.yml file by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4969

cp

• cp: use mkdir_all() instead of mkdir() in test by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5029
• cp: allow multiple usages of -R - Closes: #5027 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5028
• cp,du: fix warnings in tests on Windows by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5014
• cp: fix "unused variable" warning on Windows by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5016

date

• date: use custom value parser by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4977
• Remove time dependency from date by @wanderinglethe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4952
• date: switch to parse_datetime by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4968

dd

• dd: fix typos by @crapStone in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5022
• dd: use an alarm thread instead of elapsed() calls by @Freaky in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4447

df

• df: disable failing tests on Windows by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5017
• Find MountInfo properly when symlink is used by @kropacf in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4929

du

• docs: add "du" to extensions by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5050
• du: directories have apparent size of 0 by @shinhs0506 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4991

hashsum

• hashsum: use file_stem() instead of file_name() by @indygreg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5020

install

• install: remove time crate by @miles170 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4948

ls

• ls: Implement new sort option --sort=width by @Skryptonyte in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4954
• docs: add "ls --long" to extensions by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5024
• ls: force fetching metadata when called with -L -Z by @granquet in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4960
• ls: Limit value of --width to maximum value if overflowing by @Skryptonyte in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5074
• ls: --l should output the same as --literal by @yt2b in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5055
• ls: fix version cmp by @shinhs0506 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5038

mkdir

• mkdir: remove TEST_DIR consts in tests by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4957

more

• More implement arguments plain and from line by @Ideflop in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4950

mv

• mv: fix into-self-2.sh test by @Skryptonyte in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4966
• mv: Fix for tests/mv/symlink-onto-hardlink-to-self.sh by @Skryptonyte in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4976
• mv: add the check with --b=simple and when the source is a backup by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4999

nl

• nl: change value name to match help text by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5062
• nl: add "after help" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5070
• nl: use value parser for "--number-format" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5063
• nl: show error if --number-width is zero by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5065
• nl: add test for "--number-separator" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5073
• nl: fix typo in nl.md by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4994
• nl: implement Default for Settings by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4995
• nl: make -p/--no-renumber a flag by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5036

numfmt

• numfmt: add --invalid option by @sbentmar in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4249
• numfmt: remove duplicate info from help output by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5034

od

• od: fix parsing of hex input ending with E by @TheDcoder in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4983

pr

• pr use chrono instead of time by @x-dune in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4942

seq

• seq: rename "--widths" to "--equal-width" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5012
• seq: remove two chars in seq.md by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5000
• fix: seq panic on no arguments #4749 by @NikolaiSch in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4750
• docs: add seq to extensions; add some backticks by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5007

shred

• fixed shred -u for windows by @Statheres in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4986 ### sort
• leading zeros are ignored in version compare by @shinhs0506 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5013
• sort: migrate from ouroboros to self_cell by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4972

split

• split: reject some invalid values by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5032

stty

• stty: Finish '--save' support by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5054
• stty: Support setting baud rate by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5053

sync

• sync: fix error msg by @shinhs0506 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4984

tail

• tail: Refactor paths::Input::from and Settings::inputs by @Joining7943 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4756

tsort

• tsort: Switch to BTreeMap and BTreeSet by @cazou in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4931

touch

• touch: accept "modify" & "mtime" for --time arg by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5058
• touch: rename CURRENT to TIMESTAMP by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4989
• touch: use parse_datetime instead of humantime_to_duration by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5030

yes

• yes: add --version option by @yt2b in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4990

Code quality

• Reformat toml and add it to the CI by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4958
• clippy: fix warnings introduced by Rust 1.71.0 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5079

Documentation

• Initial oranda setup by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5044
• cspell: ignore oranda.json by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5056

CI

• fix: fixpr.yml unrecognized named-value: 'steps' by @piotrkwiecinski in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5057
• deny.toml: add comments by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4959
• deny.toml: add hashbrown to skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4985
• deny.toml: remove MPL license from allow list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5076

misc

• Make tests/help/help-version-getopt.sh pass by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4987
• util/build-gnu.sh: Improve error message when missing GNU Coreutils repository by @sargas in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5019
• try to fix ignore intermittent by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4992
• Remove the auto capitalization of error message by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5004
• Update the version to 0.0.20 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5082

Dependencies

• Remove users crate by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4943
• chore(deps): update rust crate once_cell to 1.18.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4944
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.8.4 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4951
• fix(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.146 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4945
• chore(deps): update rust crate tempfile to 3.6.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4955
• fix(deps): update rust crate memmap2 to 0.7 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4961
• chore(deps): update rust crate blake3 to 1.4.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4962
• Bump getrandom from 0.2.8 to 0.2.9 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4947
• Bump fundu to 1.0.0 and fix compile errors by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4927
• chore(deps): update rust crate phf_codegen to 0.11.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5002
• chore(deps): update rust crate phf to 0.11.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5001
• chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v0.3.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5006
• fix(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.147 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5008
• chore(deps): update rust crate fundu to 1.1.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5011
• chore(deps): update rust crate self_cell to 1.0.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5009
• chore(deps): update davidanson/markdownlint-cli2-action action to v11 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4975
• chore(deps): update rust crate sha2 to 0.10.7 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4979
• chore(deps): update rust crate notify to v6.0.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4980
• chore(deps): update rust crate bigdecimal to 0.4 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5040
• chore(deps): update rust crate bstr to 1.6 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5045
• chore(deps): update rust crate smallvec to 1.11 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5046
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.9.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5043
• chore(deps): update rust crate rstest to 0.18.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5039
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.9.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5052
• chore(deps): update rust crate fundu to 1.2.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5061
• fix(deps): update rust crate itertools to 0.11.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4996
• chore(deps): update rust crate rust-ini to 0.19.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4825
• chore(deps): update rust crate rlimit to 0.10.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5035
• Move memmap2 in the root workpace by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5018
• Bump proc-macro2 from 1.0.47 to 1.0.63 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5021
• Bump iana-time-zone-haiku from 0.1.1 to 0.1.2 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5041
• update platform-info 2.0.2 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5071
• Bump pretty_assertions from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5075
• Bump syn and add it to skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5047
• Bump hermit-abi and num_cpus by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5037

New Contributors

• @x-dune made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4942
• @cazou made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4931
• @Skryptonyte made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4954
• @wanderinglethe made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4952
• @kropacf made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4929
• @Statheres made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4986
• @Freaky made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4447
• @yt2b made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4990
• @TheDcoder made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4983
• @indygreg made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5020
• @sargas made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5019
• @crapStone made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5022
• @NikolaiSch made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4750

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.19...0.0.20