0.0.30

Version: 0.0.30 Published: 2025-03-08T13:54:44Z

Release Notes

📦 Rust Coreutils 0.0.30 Release:

We are excited to announce the release of Rust Coreutils 0.0.30!

Highlights:

Improved Compatibility:
- This release focused on compatibility with the upstream GNU Coreutils 9.6 release. This is why the number of passing tests didn't change much - our effort was directed at adapting to the new upstream version rather than fixing existing test failures.
- Passing GNU tests increased to 507 (+1 compared to 0.0.29).
Contributions: This release was made possible by the dedication of 22 contributors, including 8 newcomers.
We also announced at FOSDEM the extension of this project to cover other key Linux tools through our uutils initiative. This will extend the Rust rewrite effort to additional common Unix tools. See the presentation on YouTube (slides) or read the LWN article for more details about our vision.

GNU Test Suite Compatibility:

Here's how version 0.0.30 compares to the previous release:

Result	0.0.29	0.0.30	Change 0.0.29 to 0.0.30	% Total 0.0.29	% Total 0.0.30	% Change 0.0.29 to 0.0.30
Pass	506	507	+1	82.38%	82.17%	-0.21%
Skip	41	41	0	6.68%	6.65%	-0.03%
Fail	67	69	+2	10.92%	11.18%	+0.26%
Total	614	617	+3 (new tests)

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What's Changed

cat

error when output is input and appending by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7260

chgrp

add option --from by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7129
gnu/tests/chgrp/from.sh is now fixed by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7205

cksum

Fix #6375 and un-ignore now passing tests by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7261
Update error and flags handling to improver GNU's match by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7192
add CRC32B algorithm added in GNU 9.6 by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7169
replace is_some_and with is_none_or by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7403

cp

disabled verbose output if file has been skipped by @BigPapa314 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7347
fix verbose output order after prompt by @aimerlief in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7287

csplit

don't panic on missing suppressed file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7292

echo

use uucore::format::parse_escape_only() by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7316

expr

Add tests by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7356
Evaluate parenthesis content before checking for closing parenthesis by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7332
Fix assorted test errors in tests/expr/expr.pl by @sargas in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/6134
Get rid of clap for performance reasons by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7352

install

Document install-C test failure by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7223

head

ensure stdin input stream is correct on exit by @karlmcdowall in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7253
Fix bug printing large non-seekable files by @karlmcdowall in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7294
fix bug reading back through files by @karlmcdowall in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7248
improve error mgmt. by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7408
Remove a head test from the list of failure by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7414

kill

don't allow lowercase signal names with '-' by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7206
fix the fail to use only least significant bits to identify signal with -l by @Felle33 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7225
list signal 0 with -l and -t by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7193
test "-l <number>" & adapt error messages by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7213

ls

display %Z alphabetic time zone abbreviation by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7154
Refactoring ls and date by @Felle33 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7194
gnu patches: adapt tests_ls_no_cap.patch to GNU coreutils 9.6 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7163

mv

show prompt for -u --interactive by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7178
Make mv command fallback to copy only if the src and dst are on different device by @hamflx in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/6040

numfmt

extract test from other test & expand it by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7155
fix Unit::SI uses lowercase k suffix for kilos by @alexsnaps in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7322
fix from iec-i without suffix are bytes by @alexsnaps in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7323

od

remove custom implementations of PartialEq and Eq by @alexs-sh in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7211

printf

(partially) fix hex format: exponent is decimal, correctly print negative numbers by @drinkcat in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7365
Show warning message in case of excess arguments by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7239
error on missing hexadecial escape value by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7259
negative asterisk param changes alignment by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7246
Re-enable integer overflow test case for printf by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7168

rm

add two passing tests for -i option by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7306
correct prompt for removing inaccessible dir by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7325
simplify remove_dir() helper function by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7308
use recursive directory traversal with --recursive by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7304

seq

remove timeout from seq test cases by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7171

sort

errors on overflowing -k argument but shouldn't by @ic3man5 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7188
needs support for human-readable block size suffixes R and Q by @ic3man5 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7198
options -C and -c should be mutually exclusive but aren't by @ic3man5 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7191
support percent arguments to -S option by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7181

split

avoid extremely long format width in test by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7301

tee

fix -p behavior upon broken pipe stdout by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7273
fix usage of deprecated function in tests by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7341

test

add < and > operators for string comparison by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7315
remove sleep from tests by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7327

timeout

add support for -f and -p short options by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7200

touch

support obsolete POSIX timestamp argument by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7274

tr

Fix GNU behavior deviation by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7320

uptime

refactor, move some codes to uucore by @Bluemangoo in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7289
remove duplicate test by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7265

yes

fix use of deprecated function in test by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7348

uucore

Add missing dependencies by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7157
Fix proc_info compilation by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7385
Sync proc_info methods from procps by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7351
remove lazy_static and use LazyLock instead by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7404
replace PanicInfo with PanicHookInfo by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7395
uucore/docs.rs: generate the doc for all features by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7220

Documentation

Fix usage strings for #5692 by @rwdj in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7303
why-error.md: document more errors by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7224

Build & CI

add words to spell-checker:ignore in two files by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7300
build: restore uutils in GNU test files by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7170
try upstream 9.6 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7149
.github: CICD: add workspace test to build matrix by @drinkcat in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7386
GNUmakefile: fix install error "argument list too long" by @blmaier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7321
GNUmakefile: support skipping manpages and completions by @blmaier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7331
gnu patches: move to use quilt by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7127
Decrease more sleep by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7244
Fixed Bugs When Not Using Default Target Directory by @zcg00 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7266
Use ubuntu-24.04-arm to build/test linux arm64 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7153
prepare version 0.0.30 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7418
Add fails_with_code() function by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7369
Decrease the various sleeps by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7232
make wait_with_output private by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7350
use the new function fails_with_code by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7371
Use the new function 'fails_with_code' - followup by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7391
GNU test: don't generate an error if a new test passes by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7349
deny.toml: remove syn from skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7139
deny.toml: remove three crates from skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7390
deny.toml: add rustix & linux-raw-sys to skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7416
Nix/Nixos development by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/6947
mount temp fs by @matrixhead in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7249
github action: do not fail the GNU test if only intermittent by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7283
Remove some replacements of touch in build script by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7243
add two tests to the list of intermittent tests by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7195
fix util/remaining-gnu-error.py by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7204

fuzzing

fuzz: update dependencies by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7245
fuzz: use new </> operators in fuzz_test.rs by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7330
Improve fuzzer logging by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7281

Code quality

clippy: fix warnings from unnecessary_map_or lint by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7398
clippy: fix/disable warnings introduced with Rust 1.85 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7329
Cargo.toml: fix incorrect lint name by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7267
Remove once_cell dependency and use LazyLock by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7405
Remove rand_pcg by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7233
Style fixes from cargo +nightly clippy by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7339
Move other programs to thiserror by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7207
Move some programs to thiserror by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7175
minor code quality improvements by @danieleades in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7177
remove redundant clippy MSRV config by @danieleades in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7176
mktemp,tr: replace repeat().take() with repeat_n() by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7400

Dependency Updates

Bump MSRV to 1.82.0 by @drinkcat in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7394
Bump fts-sys from 0.2.13 to 0.2.14 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7279
Bump nom and adapt tr to API changes by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7227
Bump rand & rand_core to 0.9.0, adapt code to API changes by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7242
Bump tempfile & add two crates to the skip list in deny.toml by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7238
fix(deps): update rust crate similar to v2.7.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7164
chore(deps): update rust crate parse_datetime to 0.7.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7172
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.27 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7189
chore(deps): update dawidd6/action-download-artifact action to v8 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7196
chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.43 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7228
chore(deps): update rust crate indicatif to v0.17.10 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7234
fix(deps): update rust crate libfuzzer-sys to v0.4.9 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7236
chore(deps): update rust crate indicatif to v0.17.11 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7235
chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.44 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7240
fix(deps): update rust crate z85 to v3.0.6 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7264
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.28 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7263
chore(deps): update rust crate blake2b_simd to v1.0.3 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7268
chore(deps): update rust crate selinux to 0.5.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7278
chore(deps): update rust crate once_cell to v1.20.3 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7277
fix(deps): update rust crate data-encoding-macro to v0.1.17 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7290
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.29 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7297
chore(deps): update rust crate smallvec to v1.14.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7302
fix(deps): update rust crate tempfile to v3.17.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7311
chore(deps): update rust crate rand_core to v0.9.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7310
chore(deps): update rust crate parse_datetime to 0.8.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7314
fix(deps): update rust crate tempfile to v3.17.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7313
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.30 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7317
chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.45 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7318
chore(deps): update rust crate blake3 to v1.6.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7319
chore(deps): update rust crate serde to v1.0.218 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7328
fix(deps): update rust crate libc to v0.2.170 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7346
chore(deps): update rust crate rand_core to v0.9.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7345
chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.46 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7354
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.31 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7353
chore(deps): update rust crate zip to v2.2.3 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7358
chore(deps): update rust crate chrono to v0.4.40 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7360
chore(deps): update dawidd6/action-download-artifact action to v9 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7367
chore(deps): update rust crate blake3 to v1.6.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7370
fix(deps): update rust crate console to v0.15.11 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7374
chore(deps): update rust crate rand_core to v0.9.3 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7373
chore(deps): update rust crate rstest to 0.25.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7377
chore(deps): update rust crate thiserror to v2.0.12 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7379
fix(deps): update rust crate proc-macro2 to v1.0.94 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7380
fix(deps): update rust crate quote to v1.0.39 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7381
chore(deps): update rust crate textwrap to v0.16.2 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7387
chore(deps): update rust crate unindent to v0.2.4 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7389
chore(deps): update rust crate time to v0.3.38 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7402
chore(deps): update rust crate time to v0.3.39 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7406
chore(deps): update mozilla-actions/sccache-action action to v0.0.8 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7415
chore(deps): update rust crate xattr to v1.5.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7409
fix(deps): update rust crate tempfile to v3.18.0 by @renovate in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7410

New Contributors

@ic3man5 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7188
@rwdj made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7303
@alexsnaps made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7323
@blmaier made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7321
@Bluemangoo made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7289
@BigPapa314 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7347
@drinkcat made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7365
@zcg00 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7266

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.29...0.0.30