0.5.0 - Coreutils — ContextQMD

📦 Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 Release:

We are excited to announce the release of Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 — a significant milestone featuring comprehensive platform improvements, and robust testing infrastructure with continued progress toward full GNU compatibility!

Highlights:

Improved GNU Compatibility
- 566 passing tests (+22 from 0.4.0), achieving 87.75% compatibility
- Reduced failures from 56 to 55 (-1) and skipped tests from 33 to 23 (-10)
- Updated GNU reference from 9.8 to 9.9, adding 11 new tests
- Major improvements to fold, cksum, install, and numfmt
Unicode & Text Processing Enhancements
- fold: Added combining character support for proper Unicode text wrapping
- ptx: Implemented GNU mode with dumb terminal format
- Enhanced text processing across multiple utilities
Security & Performance Improvements
- cksum: Merged with hashsum for unified checksum functionality
- install: Enhanced mode parsing with comma-separated support and umask handling
- seq: Improved large integer handling with dedicated benchmarks
- Various memory and performance optimizations across utilities
Platform Support Expansion
- Added OpenBSD to CI pipeline with comprehensive testing
- Re-enabled Redox OS support in CI
- Enhanced Cygwin support in uucore
- Improved build processes across platforms
Developer Experience Improvements
- New TTY helper for enhanced testing capabilities
- Comprehensive benchmarking additions for multiple utilities
- Reduced dependency bloat through feature splitting
- Enhanced hardware detection module
Contributions: This release was made possible by 6 new contributors joining our community

GNU Test Suite Compatibility:

Result	0.4.0	0.5.0	Change 0.4.0 to 0.5.0	% Total 0.4.0	% Total 0.5.0	% Change 0.4.0 to 0.5.0
Pass	544	566	+22	85.80%	87.75%	+1.95%
Skip	33	23	-10	5.21%	3.57%	-1.64%
Fail	56	55	-1	8.83%	8.53%	-0.30%
Error	1	1	0	0.16%	0.16%	0%
Total	634	645	+11 (new tests)

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What's Changed

basenc

basenc: Fix basenc.pl GNU-compat tests pass by @karanabe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9203
fix(Basenc):fix GNU coreutils test bounded-memory.sh by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9536
base32, base64, baseenc:Simplifying the base encoding uu_app and adding basic buffer tests by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9409

chmod

chmod:fix safe traversal/access by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9554

cksum

cksum/hashsum: merge digest computation & various improvements by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9135
cksum: Fix GNU test cksum-base64-untagged by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9344
Add --debug flag to cksum by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9088
cksum: Fix GNU test cksum-c.sh after bump to 9.9 by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9511
cksum: small improvements, l10n by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9532
Fix hardware capabilities detection; cksum --debug by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9603

cp

cp: allow directory merging when destination was just created by @vikram-kangotra in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9325
cp: Adding test to cover no dereference when copying symlinks by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9623
cp: Enabling cp force flag to run on windows by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9624
Add comprehensive readonly file regression tests for cp by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9045

du

du: Alias -A --apparent-size by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9555
du: handle --files0-from=- with piped in - by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8985

env

Adding integration tests for the braced variable parsing in env by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9459
env: remove outdated comment by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9496
env: use Command::exec() instead of libc::execvp() by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9614

fold

fold:Improve fold bench data generation by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9210
fix(fold): GNU fold-characters.sh test by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9126
Fold: Adding combining character support by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9328

hashsum

hashsum: Fix length processing to fix last GNU test by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9569

install

install: ignore umask by @akretz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9254
Enhance mode parsing to support comma-separated mode strings in install command by @Vesal-J in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9298
install: do not call chown when called as root by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9477

ln

ln: add error handling for hard link creation on directories by @FidelSch in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9342

ls

ls: prevent ReadDir from closing before entries are processed by @vikram-kangotra in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9410

mkfifo

tests/mkfifo: added a test to check mkfifo permission denied error for code coverage by @asder8215 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9586

nl

fix(nl): allow repeated flags to match GNU nl behavior (fixes #9132) by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9140

nohup

nohup: use Command::exec() instead of libc::execvp() by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9613

numfmt

numfmt: support quetta/ronna suffixes and fix error messages by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9280

od

od: fix GNU od.pl by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9334
fix(od):fix GNU coreutils test od float.sh by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9534

pr

pr: fix header formatting for custom date formats starting with '+' by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9252

ptx

ptx: implement GNU mode with dumb terminal format by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9573

readlink

readlink: test calling without args by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9230
readlink:Correction to Symbolic Link Handling by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9633

seq

fix(seq): handle BrokenPipe like GNU by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9471
seq:fix test_broken_pipe_still_exits_success by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9520
seq: adding large integers benchmarks by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9561

shuf

shuf: add benchmarks by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9320

sort

sort: make compression program failures non-fatal, warn and fallback to plain files by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9266

stdbuf

Remove unsafe unwrap() calls in stdbuf error handling by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9429

stty

Adding TTY helper for unix to be able to create tests for stty and more by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9348
Using the pty helper function for the more bin testing by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9441
stty: baud parsing integration tests and validation by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9454
stty: Implemented saved state parser for stty by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9480
stty: Changing shell command to add recognizing a TTY for stty tests by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9336

tail

tail: batch inotify events to prevent redundant headers after SIGSTOP/SIGCONT by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9574
tail: fix intermittent overlay-headers test by batching inotify events by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9598

tee

tee: fix poll timeout causing intermittent hangs with -p flag by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9585

timeout

Reducing sleep times and timeout times in test_timeout by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9448
timeout: cleanup return values by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9576
timeout: remove FIXME in test by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9580

dd

dd: Handle slow transfer rates in progress display by @martinkunkel2 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9529

uucore

uucore: embed system locale on cargo install by @WaterWhisperer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8604
feat(uucore): add shared hardware detection module by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9279
uucore: support cygwin by @ognevny in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9535
uucore: mode parsing: support comma-separated modes by @martinkunkel2 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9578

uudoc

uudoc: fix manpage for individual utilities has wrong name (nit) by @shayelkin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9152

CI & Build

CICD.yml: split PROFILE= from CARGOFLAGS by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9219
GNUmakefile: use PROFILE_CMD at make test by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9214
GNUmakefile: generalize logic for SELINUX_PROGS for many platforms by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9221
build-gnu.sh: Let SELinux optional to use it locally without libselinux by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9220
freebsd.yml: remove not working PROFILE= by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9225
GNUmakefile: Remove check for LIBSELINUX_ENABLED by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9228
Update redoxer and reenable Redox OS in CI by @jackpot51 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9233
GNUmakefile: drop not used use_default:=1 by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9231
ci: Mark runcon-no-reorder as SELinux required by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9234
github action: add openbsd in the ci by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9196
openbsd.yml: Remove not working PROFILE= by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9238
OpenBSD CI: increase max open files for test job by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9242
build-gnu.sh: Remove || true by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9256
Enable test test_hostname_ip on OpenBSD by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9257
build-gnu.sh: Use system tools by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9251
ci: remove commented out line from freebsd.yml by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9239
GnuTests.yml: reduce deps by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9259
Update CICD.yml: Stop releasing duplicated binary by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9269
Avoid mixing wget and curl by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9258
CICD.yml: Remove if for .exe by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9271
GNUmakefile: Use any profile from make install by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8730
build-gnu.sh: Freeze SELinux build mode by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9270
CICD.yml: Avoid no space left by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9277
GNUmakefile: Add missing PROFILE_CMD by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9293
Cargo.toml: move panic=abort to release profile for binary size by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9240
Fix build failure without libselinux by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9290
Revert a patch for runcon-no-reorder (superseded) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9291
build-gnu.sh: fix the error on line 110 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9297
build-gnu.sh: adjust the PATH for each run by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9319
build-gnu.sh: Use any profile & cleanup vars by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9321
GnuTests.yml: Check that build-gnu.sh works without libselinux by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9299
android.yml: Reduce RAM (#9278) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9436
l10n.yml:Don't apt-get build-essential by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9472
l10n.yml: Use PROFILE=release-small for faster CI by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9473
l10n.yml: Do not brew make (support Xcode make) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9474
Update Dockerfile: Don't apt-get jq (preinstalled) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9481
build-gnu.sh: Remove 2 not working sed hacks for tr by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9476
build-gnu.sh: Reduce time to build GNU coreutils by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9475
CICD.yml: Stop publishing conflicting artifacts by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9491
CICD.yml: Removed unused code for i586 by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9497
build-gnu.sh: Remove hfs dep from hardlink-case.sh by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9482
CICD.yml: Dedup a mkdir by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9504
CICD.yml: Drop a workaround for old package by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9505
Remove wget dep by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9522
Remove Makefile.toml by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9568
build-gnu.sh: Remove 2 non-GNU binary by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9583
validation.rs: Remove non GNU hashsum aliases by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9589
build-gnu.sh: Enable misc/coreutils.sh by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9572
GHA-delete-GNU-workflow-logs.sh: Add fallback to jaq by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9581
benchmarks.yml: Stop unnecessary apt-get by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9608
Do not apt-get preinstalled tools to avoid delaying CI by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9466
build-gnu.sh: use GNU sed much more for macOS by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9467
ci: add locales for GNU tests by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9052

Documentation

README.md: profiles for binary size by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9268
installation.md: Fix wrong reference for AUR by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9447
README.md: note that separator is needed for PROG_PREFIX by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9444
installation.md: Ref MSYS2 package by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9456
installation.md: Add MSYS2 Cygwin package by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9566
why-skip.md: Remove an OOD doc by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9506
why-skip.md: Remove a passing test by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9507
why-skip.md: Remove 4 sparse-* by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9508
why-skip.md: Remove 3 tests by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9509
why-error.md: Cleanup by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9510
why-error.md: Cleanup and documenting by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9512
why-skip.md: Remove 1 passing root test by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9528
why-skip.md: Let spell-checker:ignore a comment by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9540
why-{skip,error}.md: Cleanup by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9602
why-{skip,error}.md: Remove stty tests and shared strings by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9626
lib.rs: Remove non GNU hashsum aliases by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9642
util.rs: Update obsolete comments by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9643

Code Quality & Cleanup

test: existing file is newer than non-existing file by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9245
move the factor divan bench into the actual directory by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9296
Remove high variance benchmark functions by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9311
Bump markdownlint_cli2_action & fix warnings by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9309
replace number_prefix by unit-prefix by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9322
coreutils: Print utility not found to stderr by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9588
use github URLs for fetching tldr.zip by @dgilman in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9584
unit test coverage: fix missing coverage by @martinkunkel2 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9606
Removing the per process file flag to reduce the llvm filemerge time by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9449
Making wild a windows only dependency and gating unit-prefix by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9548
Splitting parser feature into multiple subfeatures to reduce dependency bloat by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9546

Performance & Benchmarking

benches: Migrate factor benchmarks from Criterion to Divan by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9247
Add functionality to show when tests were previously skipped and now failing accurately by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9521

Version Management

update gnu ref to 9.9 + improve the script by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9216
prepare version 0.5.0 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9596

Dependency Updates

chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.7.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9224
chore(deps): update rust crate indicatif to v0.18.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9226
chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.8.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9282
Update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.7 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9304
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.52 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9316
chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.61 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9343
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.53 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9340
GNUmakefile: Use libstdbuf.* instead of libstdbuf* by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9345
chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9416
chore(deps): update rust crate parse_datetime to v0.13.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9434
chore(deps): update rust crate hostname to v0.4.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9515
Bump iana-time-zone and windows-core by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9519
chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.8 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9524
chore(deps): update rust crate ctor to v0.6.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9544
chore(deps): update rust crate ctor to v0.6.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9562
chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.9 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9593
chore(deps): update davidanson/markdownlint-cli2-action action to v22 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9610
chore(deps): update actions/cache action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9639
chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.8.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9647
chore(deps): update github artifact actions (major) by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9645
Bump icu crates from 2.0.0 to 2.1.1 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9073

New Contributors

@WaterWhisperer made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8604
@ChrisDryden made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9328
@FidelSch made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9342
@ognevny made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9535
@shayelkin made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9152
@dgilman made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9584

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.4.0...0.5.0