new snapshot available: coreutils-8.15.89-4b101

[Jim Meyering]

This snapshot adds the ln --relative (-r) option, changes a bunch
of tests not to fail, and makes ./configure take about 10% less time.

Notably, this snapshot does not address the many MacOS-X-specific
test failures that arise due to the fact that with the new quoting
mechanism, the tools output diagnostics containing UTF-8 quotes even
when LC_ALL=C.  Those test failures (spurious, imho) should not
hold up the release.

There are a few other known test failures on less popular systems,
most of which have been around for a few releases now.  If in doubt,
see the long list of build/test results posted by Bruno Haible.

I'm aiming for a Monday release.

Thanks to everyone who has been helping!


coreutils snapshot:
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz      4.9 MB
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz.sig
  http://meyering.net/cu/coreutils-8.15.89-4b101.tar.xz

There are .sig files here, too:
  http://people.redhat.com/meyering/cu/coreutils-ss.tar.xz
  http://people.redhat.com/meyering/cu/coreutils-8.15.89-4b101.tar.xz

Changes in coreutils since 8.15.74-be17e3:

Eric Blake (2):
      doc: clarify current realpath --relative-base behavior
      build: speed up configure for releases

Harald Hoyer (1):
      ln: add the --relative option

Jim Meyering (6):
      maint: remove now-superfluous coreutils-path-check rule
      tests: avoid spurious misc/factor failure on OpenBSD 5.1
      maint: use more modern fseeko, rather than fseek
      build: update gnulib submodule to latest
      build: add numerous gnulib modules, mostly for improved portability
      tests: skip part of dd/sparse on some file systems

Pádraig Brady (6):
      tests: avoid an ls-time false positive on Solaris 10
      tests: fix sort-discrim to work without GMP
      tests: avoid spurious dd/sparse failure
      maint: ensure PATH_MAX is set correctly
      maint: refactor relpath() from `realpath` for use by `ln`
      maint: avoid a doc syntax check failure


Changes in gnulib since 8.15.74-be17e3:

* gnulib 4730c3e...880a2f6 (81):
  > tests: avoid gcc warnings about argv vs. const initializers
  > README-release: simplify slightly
  > git-merge-changelog: add specific example on how to use with hg.
  > git-merge-changelog: Report bugs to address@hidden.
  > git-version-gen: don't let "prefix" envvar cause trouble
  > regex: diagnose too-large repeat counts in EREs
  > doc: some glibc x32 integer width issues
  > autoupdate
  > fmal: Avoid test failure on OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC64.
  > hypotl: Bypass broken implementation in OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC.
  > remainderl: Bypass broken implementation in OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC.
  > Oops, fix regression on AIX through recent commit.
  > Oops, fix cross-compilation guess in recent commits.
  > sqrtl: Bypass broken implementation in OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC.
  > doc: update timer_* platform portability notes
  > cbrtl: Bypass broken implementation in OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC.
  > remainderl: Avoid compilation error on AIX >= 5.2.
  > Avoid compilation errors with MSVC option -fp:strict.
  > uninorm: Don't crash in out-of-memory conditions.
  > quote: fix syntax-check
  > Collapse list of copyright years to ranges.  See 
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-03/msg00051.html>.
  > log2f-ieee: Work around test failure on NetBSD 5.1 and Solaris 10.
  > log2-ieee: Work around test failure on NetBSD 5.1 and Solaris 10.
  > Tests for module 'log2l-ieee'.
  > New module 'log2l-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'log2-ieee'.
  > New module 'log2-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'log2f-ieee'.
  > New module 'log2f-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'log2l'.
  > New module 'log2l'.
  > Tests for module 'log2f'.
  > New module 'log2f'.
  > Tests for module 'log2'.
  > New module 'log2'.
  > exp2* tests: More tests.
  > update from texinfo
  > autoupdate
  > log1p* tests: Reduce running time of tests.
  > log1pl-ieee: Work around test failure on AIX 7.1.
  > log1pl-ieee: Work around test failure on IRIX 6.5.
  > log1pf-ieee: Work around test failure on OpenBSD 4.9 and AIX 7.1.
  > log1pf-ieee: Work around test failure on AIX 5.1 and HP-UX 11.
  > log1p-ieee: Work around test failure on AIX 7.1 and HP-UX 11.
  > Tests for module 'log1pl-ieee'.
  > New module 'log1pl-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'log1p-ieee'.
  > New module 'log1p-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'log1pf-ieee'.
  > New module 'log1pf-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'log1pl'.
  > New module 'log1pl'.
  > Tests for module 'log1pf'.
  > New module 'log1pf'.
  > log1p tests: More tests.
  > log1p: Provide replacement for Minix and MSVC.
  > expm1: Tiny doc fix.
  > math tests: Small simplification.
  > log tests: Add a comment.
  > Fix some comments.
  > regex: allow inclusion of <regex.h> before <limits.h>
  > fts: depend on fdopendir
  > Remove unused variables.
  > isnanf-nolibm: Fix last commit.
  > isnanf-nolibm: Make it work on IRIX 6.5 with cc.
  > logf-ieee: Work around test failure on NetBSD 5.1.
  > logf-ieee: Work around test failure on Solaris 9.
  > log-ieee: Work around test failure on NetBSD 5.1 and Solaris 11.
  > Tests for module 'logl-ieee'.
  > New module 'logl-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'log-ieee'.
  > New module 'log-ieee'.
  > Tests for module 'logf-ieee'.
  > New module 'logf-ieee'.
  > log: Fix bug introduced on 2012-03-09.
  > timer-time: link explicitly with pthreads on glibc
  > log* tests: More tests.
  > logl: Work around OSF/1 5.1 bug.
  > logf: Work around OSF/1 5.1 bug.
  > log: Work around OSF/1 5.1 bug.
  > readtokens.c: adjust wording in a comment