new snapshot available: coreutils-7.6.63-addb6

[Jim Meyering]

There have been *many* changes in gnulib since the previous snapshot,
and the changes in coreutils are non-negligible, so please give
this a try.  I'd like to make the beta release on Monday.
I'll probably call it coreutils-8.0.


coreutils snapshot:
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.gz      9.8 MB
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz      4.1 MB
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.gz.sig
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz.sig
aka
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-7.6.63-addb6.tar.gz
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-7.6.63-addb6.tar.xz

Changes in coreutils since 7.6.24-99f59a:

Eric Blake (7):
      build: avoid compiler warnings on cygwin 1.5
      readlink: pick up gnulib changes to readlink -f
      maint: summarize gnulib changes
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      ln: add -L/-P options
      cp, mv: use linkat to guarantee semantics

James R. Van Zandt (1):
      dircolors: highlight .cgm and .emf as images

Jim Meyering (20):
      dircolors: arrange to highlight names with the .lz suffix
      maint: automate the web-doc updating procedure
      doc: ls: add an article, "the"
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      maint: df.c: adapt to newer gnulib
      doc: ls: further improve --help message re --color
      maint: factor coreutils-specific code out of bootstrap
      ls: with -LR, exit with status 2 upon detecting a cycle
      ls: print "?", not "0" as inode of dereferenced dangling symlink
      ls: don't use an undefined struct stat after failed stat/lstat
      stat: interpret "-" as standard input
      build: use gnulib's freopen module
      build: now that we use the lock module, don't exclude lock.m4
      build: translate diagnostics from two new files
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      tests: tail-2/pid: use a 3-second timeout, not 1
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      maint: move gnu-web-doc-update script to gnulib
      maint: remove obsolete syntax-check exclusion
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest

Pádraig Brady (11):
      doc: mention the texinfo documentation in --help
      doc: normalize and add missing entries to texinfo menu
      doc: ls: make help for --color more concise and accurate
      ls: handle disabling of colors consistently for all tile types
      ls: fix a performance regression
      maint: uptime: fix a theoretical compile warning
      doc: stdbuf: mention it can have a non standard exit status
      maint: expr: avoid compiler warnings without GMP
      maint: Use logical rather than bitwise operators on bools
      ls: always print "?" for allocated size of a dereferenced dangling symlink
      tail: avoid a race where we could miss new data with --pid


Changes in gnulib since 7.6.24-99f59a:

* gnulib 6c9f1e8...881b91b (119):
  > fchdir: avoid compiler warning
  > test-open: support mingw errno values
  > open: fix opening directory on mingw
  > test-open: on GNU/Hurd, /dev/null is a directory
  > maint: cleanup whitespace in recent commits
  > rename, fchdir: don't ignore chdir failure
  > maint: cleanup whitespace in recent commits
  > relocatable-prog-wrapper: Add missing dependency on double-slash-root.
  > renameat: fix Solaris bugs
  > renameat: new module
  > rename: fix mingw bugs
  > rename: fix another cygwin 1.5 bug
  > rename-dest-slash: merge into rename module
  > rename: fix cygwin 1.5.x bugs
  > rename: fix Solaris 10 bug
  > rename: fix Solaris 9 bug
  > rename-dest-slash: fix NetBSD bug
  > rename-tests: new test, exposes several platform bugs
  > Assume version info is available.
  > gnu-web-doc-update: correct --help output
  > gnu-web-doc-update: add standard options
  > gnu-web-doc-update: New module.
  > link: LoadLibrary is not needed.
  > getopt: bump serial number
  > tests: tighten link, rmdir, and remove tests
  > maint.mk: requiring "make major" was annoying, for a "minor" release.
  > Fix broken build of replacement for Windows tmpfile().
  > Avoid identifier clash with POSIX function 'remove' defined as a macro.
  > doc: mention yet more cygwin 1.7 status
  > argp: fix test failure
  > test-yesno: work around sparc-dash here-document infelicity
  > Disable untested support for new flavours of ACLs on AIX.
  > Typo in comment.
  > Add support for new flavours of ACLs on AIX. (Untested.)
  > argp: fix compilation of getopt
  > doc: mention more cygwin 1.7 status
  > autoupdate
  > test-linkat: make test more robust
  > getopt: fix inclusion guards for cygwin
  > same-inode: revert prior change; it is not yet ready
  > linkat: new module
  > dirname: add library-safe mdir_name
  > fchdir: another mingw fix
  > same-inode: make SAME_INODE tri-state, to port to mingw
  > lstat: avoid mingw compilation error
  > autoupdate
  > link: fix test failure on Solaris 9
  > test-symlinkat: enhance test
  > readlink: document portability issue with symlink length
  > readlink: fix Solaris 9 bug with trailing slash
  > readlink: fix cygwin 1.5.x bug with return type
  > symlink: use throughout gnulib
  > symlink: new module, for Solaris 9 bug
  > Add 'link-warning' to testsrelated_modules during --import.
  > Fix value of uses_subdirs in tests/Makefile.am.
  > unistd: sort replacement declarations
  > open, openat: minor optimization
  > link-follow: ensure correct result
  > fts: avoid compiler warning
  > Declare canonicalize_file_name.
  > link: fix quoting
  > openat: fix openat bugs on Solaris 9
  > openat: move fstatat and unlinkat into correct files
  > openat: fix unlinkat bugs on Solaris 9
  > openat: fix fstatat bugs on Solaris 9
  > test-unlinkat: enhance test, to expose Solaris 9 bug
  > test-fstatat: new test, to expose Solaris 9 bugs
  > remove: new module, for mingw and Solaris 9 bugs
  > unlink: new module, for Solaris 9 bug
  > lstat: fix Solaris 9 bug
  > stat: add as dependency to other modules
  > stat: fix Solaris 9 bug
  > stat: new module, for mingw bug
  > syntax-check: detect unnecessary inclusion of canonicalize.h
  > canonicalize-lgpl: adjust clients to use correct header
  > test-posixtm.c: correct a comment
  > posixtm-tests: revamp
  > posixtm-tests: make T const-correct; add a test case
  > posixtm-tests: correct the sole failing test
  > posixtm: move #ifdef'd tests into a new module
  > openat: simplify use of at-func.c
  > openat: allow return of fd 0
  > autoupdate
  > relocatable-prog-wrapper: fix build
  > Use the standard header with GPL copyright.
  > Use the standard header with LGPL copyright.
  > autoupdate
  > Add advice to an error message.
  > canonicalize: in CAN_ALL_BUT_LAST, allow trailing slash
  > canonicalize, canonicalize-lgpl: honor // if distinct from /
  > canonicalize-lgpl: fix glibc bug with trailing slash
  > canonicalize-lgpl: reject non-directory with trailing slash
  > canonicalize-lgpl: use native realpath if it works
  > canonicalize, canonicalize-lgpl: use <stdlib.h>
  > test-canonicalize: consolidate into single C program
  > test-canonicalize-lgpl: consolidate into single C program
  > canonicalize: avoid resolvepath
  > canonicalize: don't lose errno
  > canonicalize: simplify errno handling
  > canonicalize, canonicalize-lgpl: update module dependencies
  > maint: make Include sections of modules consistent
  > ChangeLog: tweak wording of prior commit
  > Make getdate.y compile on QNX and NetBSD 5 / i386.
  > Tweak copyright statements.
  > Update references for gnuit package.
  > Fix typo in copyright line.
  > Use the standard header with GPL copyright.
  > users.txt: add augeas and netcf
  > rmdir: ensure correct dependency order
  > Disable assertion that fails on NetBSD 5 / i386.
  > unlinkdir: port to mingw
  > stdlib: sort witness names
  > parse-duration-tests: avoid link failure
  > openat-tests: ensure unlinkat behaves like rmdir
  > rmdir-errno: mark obsolete, it is unsafe for cross-compilation
  > rmdir: work around cygwin 1.5.x and mingw bugs
  > fchdir: improve use of replacement functions
  > maint: ignore gnulib-tool temp files
  > -mautoupdate