0.0.24

📦 Rust Coreutils 0.0.24 Release:

We've got +29 more GNU tests passing than in our last release! We are getting closer to version 1.0: each test passed is a step forward in ensuring that our users have a reliable and robust set of utilities that align closely with GNU standards.

49 developers contributed to this release (28 new contributors started with this release).

A key highlight of this release is the expansion of support to new platforms and operating systems. Notably, the software has been ported to sparc64, OpenBSD, and Redox, broadening its usability across different system architectures and environments. This marks a significant step in making Rust Coreutils more versatile and accessible to a wider range of users and developers.

In addition to these expansions, the release has also focused on the integration of more fuzzing techniques, including differential fuzzing and OSS Fuzz integration.

We also contributed to the GNU implementation to improve their test coverage.

We would like to thank to the support the Sovereign Tech Fund for their support (more details later).

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GNU test suite compatibility

Here's how version 0.0.24 compares to the previous release - running GNU/Coreutils 9.4:

Result	0.0.23	0.0.24	Change 0.0.23 to 0.0.24	% Total 0.0.23	% Total 0.0.24	% Change
Pass	393	422	+29	65.07%	69.87%	+4.80%
Skip	49	50	+1	8.11%	8.28%	+0.17%
Fail	160	132	-28	26.49%	21.85%	-4.64%
Error	2	0	-2	0.33%	0.00%	-0.33%

For more details, visit https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/.

What's Changed

cat

• Address cognitive complexity by @jetlime in #5726

cksum

• Stops when one of given files doesn't exist #5809 by @biplab5464 in #5820
• Made return an error if the algorithm blake2b is used on a directory. by @Ato2207 in #5804
• Add --raw argument by @D9nni in #5803
• Made return an error if used on a directory. by @Ato2207 in #5822
• Add --length argument for the blake2b algorithm by @DitherWither in #5749

cp

• Improve error msg if -r is not specified by @cakebaker in #5555
• Debug with --update=none should show 'skipped' by @sylvestre in #5701
• --remove-destination: don't fail if destination is hardlink to source by @cakebaker in #5431
• cp/mv/ln: add support for the "will not overwrite just-created" by @sylvestre in #5699
• --link: don't fail if destination is hardlink to source by @cakebaker in #5484
• Fix backup of destination symlink by @cakebaker in #5731
• Update a GNU test error check - tests/fail-perm.sh by @sylvestre in #5784
• cp/mv: manage with trailing slash in target by @sylvestre in #5780
• Show no "same file" error for --link a a by @cakebaker in #5762
• Backup dest symlink linking to source by @cakebaker in #5739
• --preserve should keep xattr by @sylvestre in #5834
• Remove the tests/link-heap.sh workaround by @sylvestre in #5800
• Show error if source and destination are same file by @cakebaker in #5757
• Disable a test failing on freebsd by @sylvestre in #5750
• Adapt warning if source is used more than once by @cakebaker in #5745
• tests, tests/test: Don't attempt to set sticky file bit on FreeBSD by @n1000 in #5602

dd

• Buffer partial blocks in the output writer by @jfinkels in #4545
• Skip two tests without "printf" feature by @cakebaker in #5607
• /chroot: improve the skip message (not root) by @sylvestre in #5734

df

• Fix rounding issue in test by @cakebaker in #5532

dircolors

• Move the static long string into structures. by @sylvestre in #5611

du

• Start printing output immediately by @ceteece in #5552
• Disable test on Android by @cakebaker in #5615
• Cleanup by @tertsdiepraam in #5623
• Fix issue with dereference in test by @cakebaker in #5625
• Test behavior with POSIXLY_CORRECT set by @cakebaker in #5530
• Call unused _du_basics() in test_du_basics() by @cakebaker in #5503
• Implement files0-from by @sylvestre in #5721
• Simplify file creation in tests by @cakebaker in #5727
• Show error for nul names with --files0-from by @cakebaker in #5772
• Ignore duplicate names with --files0-from by @cakebaker in #5775

echo

• Make -e and -E override each other by @tertsdiepraam in #5635

expand

• Fix duplicate flags by @allaboutevemirolive in #5684

expr

• Check prefix operation by @Luv-Ray in #5566
• Different stderr with "56" "substr" by @pawelngei in #5559
• Adapt error messages, revert most of #5559 by @cakebaker in #5578
• Refactor AST and parsing by @tertsdiepraam in #5586
• Fix issue 5576 (regex matching bug) by @cobaweel in #5577
• Optimizing for integer values by @Arp-1 in #5614
• Coerce to string before comparing values by @tertsdiepraam in #5673

fmt

• A collection of small refactors by @tertsdiepraam in #5592
• Rename pfxind_end -> prefix_indent_end by @cakebaker in #5593
• Remove crash! macro by @Arp-1 in #5589

hashsum

• Remove usage of crash! macro by @GDYendell in #5581
• When the filename contains some special chars, escape them by @sylvestre in #5865

head

• -c allocate memory as needed by @sylvestre in #5704
• head_backwards for non-seekable files like /proc/* or fifos (named pipes) by @cre4ture in #5732
• Disable some tests on Android by @cakebaker in #5813
• Fix clippy warnings in tests by @cakebaker in #5838

hostname

• tests/hostname: disable failing test_hostname::test_hostname_ip on OpenBSD by @lcheylus in #5639

install

• Fix strip program stdout and destination hyphen handling #5718 by @cre4ture in #5848
• Support when a hyphen is passed by @sylvestre in #5697
• With -t, check if we aren't passed a file by @sylvestre in #5686
• Manages permissions when run as root by @sylvestre in #5735
• Remove / from end of path if it exists so as not to mess with .exists() by @mtimaN in #5730
• Remove a debug artifact by @sylvestre in #5719

join

• Remove crash! macro by @cswn in #5540

ls

• Remove "#[allow(unused_variables)]" by @cakebaker in #5617
• Ignore value of POSIXLY_CORRECT by @cakebaker in #5609
• Implement --hyperlink by @cakebaker in #5622
• Improve the access to metadata of the files by @sylvestre in #5660
• Set correct block size when -k is provided by @cakebaker in #5700
• Fix padding of size column when using -l by @cakebaker in #5604
• Match the gnu behavior for colors by @sylvestre in #5603
• Set default quoting style to literal when not TTY by @RenjiSann in #5553
• Handle invalid block size as GNU does by @cakebaker in #5626
• Use show_dir_name to output dir name by @cakebaker in #5634
• Make --block-size and --human-readable/--si override each other by @cakebaker in #5641
• Manages the COLOR and COLORTERM variables by @sylvestre in #5656
• Encode path when using --hyperlink by @cakebaker in #5629
• Support hyperlinks for dir names by @cakebaker in #5672
• Rename display_file_name to display_item_name by @cakebaker in #5675
• Ignore invalid block size from env vars by @cakebaker in #5674
• Recognize BLOCKSIZE env var by @cakebaker in #5677
• Remove condition with unreachable "else" block by @cakebaker in #5687
• Introduce 2nd blocksize & fix todos in tests by @cakebaker in #5693
• Unquoted names should be indented with a space if there is a quoted name by @mtimaN in #5740
• Support QUOTING_STYLE environment variable by @RenjiSann in #5778
• If acl are used, show the + in the perms by @sylvestre in #5816
• /gnu: ignore the libcap check by @sylvestre in #5743

mknod

• Remove parsemode.rs by @tertsdiepraam in #5651
• mknod: remove parsemode.rs by @tertsdiepraam in #5651

mv

• Preserve the xattr by @sylvestre in #5835
• Allow destination with slash when using --update by @cakebaker in #5695
• Fix issue with -T and destination ending with "/" by @cakebaker in #5554
• Rename two tests by @cakebaker in #5645
• Simplify condition by @cakebaker in #5764
• Fix subdir detection by @cakebaker in #5483
• Dir2dir: adjust GNU tests - our error message is better by @sylvestre in #5685

nl

• Don't exit if input is directory by @cakebaker in #5806

pathchk

• Simplify and rename test by @cakebaker in #5818

printf

• Rewrite (with a lot of seq changes) by @tertsdiepraam in #5128
• Fix hex alternate zero by @spineki in #5811
• Use 0 instead of 0o as octal prefix by @tertsdiepraam in #5808
• Compatibility by @samueltardieu in #5783
• Output of double-quote should not be escaped by @samueltardieu in #5828
• %c prints the first byte of its argument by @samueltardieu in #5827
• No infinite loop by @sudhackar in #5830
• Fixing incorrect exit code when passing invalid value to %x by @pawelngei in #5543

rm

• Improve the code a tiny bit by @sylvestre in #5755

runcon

• Remove trailing '.' by @sylvestre in #5702

seq

• Adjust some error messages. GNU's are better by @sylvestre in #5798
• Fix output by @samueltardieu in #5789
• Workaround #5766 by @sylvestre in #5770
• Handle the error when stdout is full by @sylvestre in #5765

shred

• Improve some output to match GNU's by @sylvestre in #5712
• Implemented "--remove" arg by @Statheres in #5790

sort

• Allow -f to be pass multiple time by @just1602 in #5681
• test/sort: run cargo fmt by @tertsdiepraam in #5689

split

• Pass GNU test l-chunk by @zhitkoff in #5567
• Pass GNU tests/b-chunk.sh by @zhitkoff in #5475
• Passing GNU test r-chunk.sh by @zhitkoff in #5580
• Remove crash macro by @cswn in #5533

stdbuf

• Remove crash macro by @cswn in #5549
• libstdbuf: remove crash macro by @cswn in #5565

tail

• Transform FAIL into ERROR for tests/tail/inotify-rotate-resources.sh by @sylvestre in #5771

tee

• Test: fix a warning on not(linux) by @sylvestre in #5723

test

• tests/test: Ensure the test fixture files have the expected gid by @n1000 in #5455
• Use clearer expression for CI testing by @samueltardieu in #5769

tr

• Operate on bytes instead of chars by @tertsdiepraam in #5640
• uucore: remove useless conversion for features/fs on OpenBSD by @lcheylus in #5676

tsort

• Returns error when input is dir - same as GNU tsort by @SaHHiiLL in #5860

unexpand

• Remove crash! macro by @allaboutevemirolive in #5588
• Should allow multiple files #5852 and show error message if a directory is specified #5845 by @biplab5464 in #5864

wc

• Pass GNU test wc-files0-from.pl by @zhitkoff in #5582
• Fix arguments not overriding by @Yykz in #5671
• Disable part of test on Android by @cakebaker in #5717
• Pass GNU test wc-proc and Windows optimization by @zhitkoff in #5612

Other OS & arch changes

• tests: disable tests for tools unsupported on OpenBSD by @lcheylus in #5863
• uucore: add support for sparc64 by @ffontaine in #5799
• Fix build on Redox, and add stat to Redox feature by @ids1024 in #5502
• Add support in uucore for OpenBSD by @lcheylus in #5599
• Fix util shell scripts to be compatible with BSD by @lcheylus in #5774
• Support unix feature on OpenBSD (utmpx not supported) by @lcheylus in #5620

CI

• ci: set -no-window in Android workflow by @cakebaker in #5814
• CI: test uucore with coreutils in codecov to run it with the proper features by @tertsdiepraam in #5825
• ignore-intermittent.txt: adjust the renamed test name by @sylvestre in #5654
• publishing: check if the current version is already there or not by @sylvestre in #5535
• Improve the GNU ci analysis: display the root test changes too by @sylvestre in #5728
• ci: add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl release artifact by @malt3 in #5694
• ci: fix warnings from "cargo tree" by @cakebaker in #5670
• ci: rename test summary names for busybox & toybox by @cakebaker in #5652
• Add nushell dependency analysis script by @tertsdiepraam in #5051
• gnu compare: try to use a local copy if the download failed by @sylvestre in #5779
• prevent CI creating 2 events on each pull request push by @piotrkwiecinski in #5608
• GNU: Improve the built by @sylvestre in #5756
• remaining-gnu-error.py: shows when a test requires root by @sylvestre in #5773
• gnu: Improve the diff when comparing diff by @sylvestre in #5722
• Add Redox OS CI by @jackpot51 in #5642
• build-gnu.sh: build in debug by default. Easier for local dev by @sylvestre in #5659
• Fsext refactor by @tertsdiepraam in #5680

Documentation

• docs: fix URL for FreeBSD port by @lcheylus in #5763
• doc: Fix a broken link by @YDX-2147483647 in #5547
• docs: add winget installer by @tertsdiepraam in #5648
• docs: remove scoop badge, adapt links to repos by @cakebaker in #5650
• uuhelp_parser: add links to homepage and repo by @michel-slm in #5796
• src: Fixing typos in signatures for the argument parser by @dvalere in #5696
• Fix typo in signals.rs by @eltociear in #5781
• Fix docs issues. by @Ato2207 in #5747
• doc: Fix the markdown highlighting syntax by @YDX-2147483647 in #5539
• docs: remove two notes by @cakebaker in #5657

Security

• fuzzing: print the diff in case of issue by @sylvestre in #5866
• fuzz printf by @sylvestre in #5556
• fuzzing: add a variable to state if we know it fails or not by @sylvestre in #5563
• fuzz: Simplify the compare_result function by @sylvestre in #5662
• fuzzing: quick timeout because seq is freezing by @sylvestre in #5636
• Fuzz the echo command by @sylvestre in #5600
• fuzz seq by @sylvestre in #5621
• expr fuzz: add missing ops. found thanks to oss fuzz coverage by @sylvestre in #5557
• fuzz: add the capability to pipe info into fuzz by @sylvestre in #5668
• Disable fuzzing seq until issue #5724 is fixed by @sylvestre in #5725
• fuzz: use thread to bypass the limitation of output by @sylvestre in #5758
• Add new fuzzers: cut, sort, split and wc by @sylvestre in #5760
• fuzz: reset the exit code global variable after every test by @samueltardieu in #5782
• fuzz: fix file descriptor leak by @samueltardieu in #5787
• fuzz: with pipe, also capture stderr by @sylvestre in #5832

Various improvements

• 0.0.23 => 0.0.24 by @sylvestre in #5752
• uuhelp_parser: include missing LICENSE by @daissi in #5594
• clippy: fix warnings introduced by Rust 1.75 by @cakebaker in #5742
• uucore: fix style in tests by @samueltardieu in #5786
• uucore: fix clippy warning from if_not_else lint by @cakebaker in #5842
• Handle better some errors by @sylvestre in #5791
• Cargo.toml: fix typo by @cakebaker in #5564
• META bug: moved to project mgmt by @tdelmas in #5776
• use our getegid & geteuid wrappers function instead of libc calls by @sylvestre in #5733
• update of the license file to make it generic by @sylvestre in #5545
• clippy: fix warnings introduced by Rust 1.74 by @cakebaker in #5548
• add missing features to uucore by @sylvestre in #5537
• all: remove collect_{lossy,ignore} calls where possible by @tertsdiepraam in #5649
• fix two minor clippy warnings by @sylvestre in #5655

dependency updates

• chore(deps): update rust crate itertools to 0.12.0 by @renovate in #5534
• fix(deps): update rust crate data-encoding to 2.5 by @renovate in #5569
• fix(deps): update rust crate data-encoding-macro to 0.1.14 by @renovate in #5568
• chore(deps): update rust crate chrono to ^0.4.32 by @renovate in #5870
• chore(deps): update actions/cache action to v4 by @renovate in #5856
• chore(deps): update rust crate smallvec to 1.13 by @renovate in #5862
• chore(deps): update davidanson/markdownlint-cli2-action action to v15 by @renovate in #5859
• chore(deps): update rust crate xattr to 1.3.1 by @renovate in #5841
• Bump console and mio by @cakebaker in #5824
• chore(deps): update rust crate smallvec to 1.12 by @renovate in #5836
• chore(deps): update rust crate tempfile to 3.9.0 by @renovate in #5736
• chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.0.3 by @renovate in #5509
• chore(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.152 by @renovate in #5802
• chore(deps): update rust crate bstr to 1.9 by @renovate in #5744
• chore(deps): update rust crate self_cell to 1.0.3 by @renovate in #5683
• Bump xattr from 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 & adapt deny.toml by @cakebaker in #5637
• chore(deps): update rust crate once_cell to 1.19.0 by @renovate in #5624
• chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.0.4 by @renovate in #5618
• chore(deps): update davidanson/markdownlint-cli2-action action to v14 by @renovate in #5583
• chore(deps): update rust crate xattr to 1.1.1 by @renovate in #5628
• chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.0.5 by @renovate in #5630
• chore(deps): update dependency ubuntu to v22 by @renovate in #5142
• chore(deps): update rust crate xattr to 1.2.0 by @renovate in #5741
• chore(deps): update rust crate libc to 0.2.151 by @renovate in #5633
• chore(deps): update rust crate regex to 1.10.3 by @renovate in #5867
• Bump redox_syscall to 0.4.1 by @cakebaker in #5658
• chore(deps): update actions/upload-artifact action to v4 by @renovate in #5646
• chore(deps): update dawidd6/action-download-artifact action to v3 by @renovate in #5644
• chore(deps): update rust crate lscolors to 0.16.0 by @renovate in #5601
• Bump freebsd-vm action to v1.0.2 & use ubuntu by @piotrkwiecinski in #5606
• Bump crossbeam crates by @cakebaker in #5716

New Contributors

• @cswn made their first contribution in #5533
• @YDX-2147483647 made their first contribution in #5539
• @pawelngei made their first contribution in #5543
• @zoze0 made their first contribution in #5574
• @cobaweel made their first contribution in #5577
• @GDYendell made their first contribution in #5581
• @lcheylus made their first contribution in #5599
• @RenjiSann made their first contribution in #5553
• @Arp-1 made their first contribution in #5614
• @allaboutevemirolive made their first contribution in #5588
• @Yykz made their first contribution in #5671
• @just1602 made their first contribution in #5681
• @malt3 made their first contribution in #5694
• @jetlime made their first contribution in #5726
• @mtimaN made their first contribution in #5730
• @dvalere made their first contribution in #5696
• @DitherWither made their first contribution in #5749
• @Ato2207 made their first contribution in #5747
• @tdelmas made their first contribution in #5776
• @cre4ture made their first contribution in #5732
• @eltociear made their first contribution in #5781
• @michel-slm made their first contribution in #5796
• @ffontaine made their first contribution in #5799
• @D9nni made their first contribution in #5803
• @sudhackar made their first contribution in #5830
• @biplab5464 made their first contribution in #5820
• @SaHHiiLL made their first contribution in #5860

Full Changelog: 0.0.23...0.0.24