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bug#7324: coreutils on Solaris 10
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Eric Blake |
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bug#7324: coreutils on Solaris 10 |
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Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:52:01 -0600 |
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On 11/04/2010 09:15 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Yes, a self-built coreutils on that machine can once again 'touch'. I'm
>> pushing this. Does this also deserve a NEWS entry? I'm not quite sure
>> how it would be worded; maybe:
>>
>> cp, mv, and touch no longer crash when setting file times on Solaris
>> 10 [latent bug since at least coreutils-5.97, exposed by recent
>> Solaris patch]
>
> Thanks for handling that.
> I think that anything that evokes a crash will always deserve a NEWS entry.
>
> It's ok to say we're not sure.
> There's a limit to how much time we can spend on this sort of archeology.
>
> [a latent utimens.m4 bug introduced in 8.1 was triggered only by a
> recent Solaris 10 update; there may have been another going back as
> far as 5.97]
Thanks for the wording suggestions.
>
> If you can easily find an ID for the offending Solaris 10 patch
> it'd be nice to mention it here or in the commit log.
>
Looking at this page for an idea of Solaris patch ids,
http://blogs.sun.com/patch/entry/solaris_10_kernel_patchid_progression
and the uname information of the machine I see the problem on:
SunOS xxx 5.10 Generic_144488-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 Solaris
I'm going ahead with this NEWS entry:
cp, install, mv, and touch no longer crash when setting file times
on Solaris 10 Update 9 [Solaris PatchID 144488 and newer expose a
latent bug introduced in coreutils 8.1, and possibly a second latent
bug going at least as far back as coreutils 5.97]
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
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bug#7324: coreutils on Solaris 10, Pieter Bowman, 2010/11/03