📦 Rust Coreutils 0.0.23 Release:

We've got +10 more GNU tests passing than in our last release.

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GNU test suite compatibility

Here's how version 0.0.22 compares to the previous release - running GNU/Coreutils 9.4:

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What's Changed

global

• Implement SI prefixes R and Q by @zhitkoff in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5357 This applies to the commands: dd, df, du, head, ls, od, shref, split, tail and truncate

cat

• cat: use error code 62 for ELOOP on FreeBSD by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5477
• cat: return the same error message as GNU with loop symlink by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5466

cp

• cp: make test_closes_file_descriptors Linux-only by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5508
• cp: fix cp -rT dir dir2 leads to different result than with GNU cp by @tommady in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5467
• cp: restrict two test functions to linux/mac/win by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5471
• cp: remove crash! call by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5486
• cp --remove-destination: don't fail if destination is symlink to source by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5430
• cp: add test for --attributes-only by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5458
• cp: fix cp -a --no-preserve=mode doesn't keep fully the mode by @tommady in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5353
• cp,tail: fix warnings in tests on Android by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5496

dd

• dd: Do not use the OS provided dd utility on FIFOs by @n1000 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5453

df

• freebsd: fix the 'df' command by @kostikbel in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5462
• df: Replace the error message by the one generated by clap by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5452

du

• du: make -l/--count-links work by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5493
• du: remove crash! macro by @alexhausen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5501
• du: add --no-dereference by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5491
• du: ignore test under Android & FreeBSD by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5497
• du: use blocks to remove some cfgs by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5504
• du: add -H (alias for --dereference-args) by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5506

expand

• expand: remove crash! macro by @ceteece in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5510

expr

• expr: return 0 for "" \| "" by @Luv-Ray in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5416

join

• join: remove a clippy::cognitive_complexity by moving some content in functions by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5367

ls

• ls --dired -R: fix the positions by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5341
• ls --dired: document the whole thing by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5432
• ls: update of the GNU test error output by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5438
• ls: return exit code 2 for invalid time-style by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5447
• ls: use try_get_matches_from instead of get_matches_from by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5446

mktemp

• mktemp: add func to expose functionality (for use in nushell) by @tskinn in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5479

mv

• mv: make UpdateMode public by @dmatos2012 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5428
• mv: Fix stderr output mv file into dir and dir into file where both are files by @mickvangelderen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5464
• mv: rename canonized_* -> canonicalized_* by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5454
• mv: moving directory itself should fail by @dmatos2012 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5429

pathchk

• pathchk: check empty path by default by @Luv-Ray in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5423

pr

• pr: skip a test for now for way too long log by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5440

printf

• printf: support %q by @Luv-Ray in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5514

rm

• rm: In some cases, remove_dir is doing a better job than remove_dir_all by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5403
• rm: refactor prompt_file, issue #5345 by @terade in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5356
• rm: adjust fail-2eperm.sh - gnu test by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5435

runcon

• runcon: generate the same error as GNUs by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5439

split

• split: suffix auto length by @zhitkoff in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5433
• split : --filter and stdin updates by @zhitkoff in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5418
• split: suffix length refactor by @zhitkoff in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5449

test

• test: use mtime for -ot and fix direction of comparison by @n1000 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5441

### Other OS & arch changes

• Add darwin arm64 builds by @dzbarsky in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5523
• Add support in uucore for illumos and solaris by @bbarker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5489

### CI

• ci: remove outdated comment by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5525
• deny.toml: remove two entries from skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5478

Documentation

• doc: add a missing "a" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5413
• Expand CONTRIBUTING.md (WIP) by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5488
• CONTRIBUTING.md: spell-checker:ignore "rustdoc's" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5512
• doc: mention "-v/--verbose" as extension of du by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5436
• uucore: remove incorrect comment by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5422
• Remove "last synced with" comments by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5469

Security

• fuzzing: Refactor the error management by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5517
• fuzz: Move a duplicate function into fuzz_common by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5524
• github action: split the run of the fuzzers by @tommady in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5444
• fuzz: use parse_size_u64 by @Luv-Ray in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5470
• fuzz: set LC_COLLATE=C for expr by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5419

Various improvements

• Prepare version 0.0.23 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5529
• Fix clippy::implicit_clone by @Statheres in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5494

Dependencies

• Bump const-random from 0.1.15 to 0.1.16 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5445
• fix(deps): update rust crate dns-lookup to 2.0.4 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5412
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.10.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5415
• Bump rustix crates by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5425
• chore(deps): update rust crate bytecount to 0.6.5 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5442
• chore(deps): update rust crate bytecount to 0.6.7 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5450
• chore(deps): update rust crate tempfile to 3.8.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5461
• chore(deps): update actions/github-script action to v7 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5528
• chore(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.150 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5498
• chore(deps): update rust crate procfs to 0.16 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5474
• chore(deps): update rust crate bstr to 1.8 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5518
• chore(deps): update rust crate self_cell to 1.0.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5520

New Contributors

• @terade made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5356
• @n1000 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5441
• @mickvangelderen made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5464
• @kostikbel made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5462
• @bbarker made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5489
• @tskinn made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5479
• @alexhausen made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5501
• @ceteece made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5510
• @dzbarsky made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/5523

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.22...0.0.23