0.4.0 - Coreutils — ContextQMD

📦 Rust Coreutils 0.4.0 Release:

We are pleased to announce the release of Rust Coreutils 0.4.0 — continuing our journey toward full GNU compatibility with improved test coverage, enhanced functionality, and robust implementations!

Highlights:

Enhanced GNU Compatibility
- 544 passing tests (+12 from 0.3.0), achieving 85.80% compatibility
- Reduced failures from 68 to 56 (-12)
- Major improvements to cksum with SHA2/SHA3 support and CRC32B fix
- Better compatibility with GNU date timezone handling
Algorithm & Performance Improvements
- factor: Integrated num_prime crate for 15x faster u64/u128 factorization
- tsort: Fixed stack overflow issues with iterative DFS implementation
- cksum: Added comprehensive performance benchmarks
- mkdir: Fixed stack overflow with deeply nested directories
Platform Support Enhancements
- OpenBSD support for stdbuf and uptime
- FreeBSD build and test improvements
- Better cross-platform compatibility
hashsum Reorganization
- Removed non-GNU binaries to fix interface divergence
- Merged functionality into cksum for better GNU compatibility
- Marked hashsum as deprecated in favor of cksum
Contributions: This release was made possible by 4 new contributors joining our community

GNU Test Suite Compatibility:

Result	0.3.0	0.4.0	Change 0.3.0 to 0.4.0	% Total 0.3.0	% Total 0.4.0	% Change 0.3.0 to 0.4.0
Pass	532	544	+12	83.91%	85.80%	+1.89%
Skip	33	33	0	5.20%	5.21%	+0.01%
Fail	68	56	-12	10.73%	8.83%	-1.90%
Error	1	1	0	0.16%	0.16%	0%
Total	634	634	0

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What's Changed

base64

Align base64 with GNU base64.pl tests by @karanabe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9194

cat

Fix EINTR handling in cat by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8946
fix(cat): refine unsafe overwrite detection for appending files by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9122

chown

Fix chown tests for FreeBSD and macOS by @akretz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9058

cksum

Refactor cksum for incoming merge with hashsum, Fix behavior for --text and --untagged by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9024
Fix "cksum: --length 0 shouldn't fail for algorithms that don't support --length" by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9032
Add support for sha2, sha3 by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9035
Fix GNU cksum-c.sh and cksum-sha3.sh by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9063
add cksum performance benchmarks by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9075
fix(cksum): correct CRC32B implementation to match GNU cksum by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9026

comm

Fix EINTR handling in comm by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8946
hold the stdin lock for the whole duration of the program by @andreacorbellini in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9085

date

fix(date): support timezone abbreviations in date --set by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8944
date, touch: fix parse_datetime 0.13.0 compatibility by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8843
improve compat with GNU by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9022
remove chrono by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9048
add --uct alias and allow multiple option aliases together by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9181

dd

fix(dd): handle O_DIRECT partial block writes by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9016

du

fix dead code warnings in test on Android by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9131
disable some benchmarks by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9167
also disable du_human_balanced_tree as benchmark by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9198

factor

base benchmarking for single/multiple u64, u128, and >u128 by @asder8215 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9182
use num_prime crate's u64 and u128 factorization methods to speed up the performance by @asder8215 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9171

hashsum

don't fail on dirs by @Ada-Armstrong in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8930
Remove non-GNU binaries (fix cksum interface divergence) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9153

install

fix the error message by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9188

ls

use file path for ACL check by @akretz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9055

mkdir

Fix stack overflow with deeply nested directories by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8947
remove #[allow(unused_variables)] by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9109

od

Fix EINTR handling in od by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8946

printenv

add more tests by @ya7on in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9151

printf

handle extremely large format widths gracefully to fix GNU test panic by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9133

readlink

fix(readlink): emit GNU-style Invalid argument for non-symlinks by @karanabe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9189

stdbuf

add support for OpenBSD by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9185

timeout

add missing extra help by @matttbe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9160

truncate

feat(truncate): allow negative size values for truncation by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9129

tsort

use iterative dfs to prevent stack overflows by @Nekrolm in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8737
fix minimal cycle reporting and precise back-edge removal by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8786

uptime

Fix build and tests for uptime on OpenBSD by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9158
fix clippy warning manual-let-else on OpenBSD by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9193

uudoc

respect SKIP_UTILS by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8982
Add example to manpage by @Its-Just-Nans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7841

Documentation

release notes: add 0.2.2 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8998
README: Fix coverage badge URL by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9046
README.md: Fix about manpage generation by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8994
README.md: Show how to build all individual bins by cargo by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9069
extensions.md: mark hashsum as deprecated by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9089
doc: rename file by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9208

CI & Build

chore(deps): update github artifact actions (major) by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8997
publish script: add progress by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9008
GNUmakefile: Add a value for cross-build by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9015
GNUmakefile: Don't install part of hashsum if we excluded hashsum by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9036
ci: remove code_format job from FixPR workflow by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9043
Append .bash to completions by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9049
ci: remove deprecated lima-actions/ssh by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9054
GNUmakefile: Do not use install -v by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9051
GNUmakefile: Reduce deps & minor cleanup by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9065
CICD.yml: stop ci for redox by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9112
ci: adapt template name for Lima v2.0 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9159
FreeBSD workflow: disable stats report for sccache action by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9156
Fix test job in FreeBSD workflow by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9155
GNUmakefile: Better comment for cross build by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9186
GNUmakefile: fix LOCALES=n by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9034
Fix tests on OpenBSD for unix feature by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9200

Code Quality & Cleanup

fix: make visible alias by @Its-Just-Nans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9041
fix: show ignored args by @Its-Just-Nans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9040
rustdoc: fix broken intra doc links by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9097
clippy: re-enable unnecessary_semicolon lint by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9143
Remove test_keys2 binary by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9183
Typo by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9197

Performance & Benchmarking

bench: remove 'sort_random_strings' by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9030
bench: tsort_input_parsing_heavy reduce the input side by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9067
Fix base64 benchmarks by @akretz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9082
Revert "Fix base64 benchmarks" by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9139
Disable variance-heavy benchmark tests by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9201

Version Management

prepare version 0.4.0 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9205

Dependency Updates

be prescriptive on the codspeed-divan-compat version by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9007
Bump linux-raw-sys from 0.11 to 0.12 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9019
chore(deps): update rust crate bstr to v1.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9038
chore(deps): update rust crate indicatif to v0.18.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9053
chore(deps): update rust crate hex-literal to v1.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9077
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.51 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9079
chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.60 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9087
chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9095
chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.5 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9121
chore(deps): update rust crate ctor to v0.6.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9130
chore(deps): update rust crate quote to v1.0.42 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9165
chore(deps): update reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner action to v2.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9169
chore(deps): update rust crate jiff to v0.2.16 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9175
chore(deps): update rust crate divan to v4.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9179
chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9180
chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9192
chore(deps): update rust crate parse_datetime to v0.13.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9207

New Contributors

@akretz made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9058
@andreacorbellini made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9085
@ya7on made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9151
@matttbe made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9160

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.3.0...0.4.0