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📦 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!

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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

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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