From unknown Mon Jun 23 23:48:14 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#30963 <30963@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#30963 <30963@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: ls -fA -> still . and .. Reply-To: bug#30963 <30963@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:48:14 +0000 retitle 30963 ls -fA -> still . and .. reassign 30963 coreutils submitter 30963 Karl Berry severity 30963 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 27 13:27:45 2018 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Mar 2018 17:27:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56196 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sNs-0005Zx-TD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45626) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sNp-0005Zi-HL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sNj-0006Co-I2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:36 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:32791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sNj-0006Cc-FH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:35 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36588) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sNi-0002Vs-3H for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sNe-0006AY-J9 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:34 -0400 Received: from freefriends.org ([96.88.95.60]:41918) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f0sNe-0006AG-Bb for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:30 -0400 X-Envelope-From: karl@freefriends.org X-Envelope-To: Received: from freefriends.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id w2RHRTGA007720 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:27:29 -0600 Received: (from karl@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/submit) id w2RHRShd007719; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:27:28 GMT From: Karl Berry To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: ls -fA -> still . and .. Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:27:28 -0600 Message-ID: <86muyt77jz.fsf@frenzy.freefriends.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) $ mkdir foo $ cd foo $ \ls -fA . .. $ I rather expected this output to be empty. -f enables -a, fine, but it seems like the -A should override the -a, since it's specified after? I guess it has nothing to do with -f in particular. \ls -aA also shows . and ..; maybe it shouldn't? Not sure, though ... --thanks, karl. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 27 18:06:42 2018 Received: (at 30963-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Mar 2018 22:06:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56340 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f0wjg-0005i7-Mg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:06:42 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:51680) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f0wjc-0005hr-23 for 30963-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:06:31 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E73F1160E32; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id M8bP_PGHVCTH; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED63E1611D3; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id iuZSwi-ZpmeW; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU (Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU [131.179.64.200]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D0459160E32; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: bug#30963: ls -fA -> still . and .. To: Karl Berry , 30963-done@debbugs.gnu.org References: <86muyt77jz.fsf@frenzy.freefriends.org> From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Message-ID: <2b1ac1c7-a2e1-2e4f-6ec7-c228179c7d31@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:19 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <86muyt77jz.fsf@frenzy.freefriends.org> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------CD131484950EB77B5480DEA8" Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 30963-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CD131484950EB77B5480DEA8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 03/27/2018 10:27 AM, Karl Berry wrote: > ls -aA also shows . and ..; maybe it shouldn't? You're right, it shouldn't. This was a bug I introduced in 2004 and I think you're the first to report it (!). In my defense, it wasn't officially a bug until POSIX.1-2008 came out and specified that -a and -A should override each other. Anyway, thanks. I installed the attached patch. --------------CD131484950EB77B5480DEA8 Content-Type: text/x-patch; name="0001-ls-A-now-overrides-a.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="0001-ls-A-now-overrides-a.patch" >From 8969027d310e036f1c11f3d8f6da2e4a55ecb460 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:55:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ls: -A now overrides -a Problem reported by Karl Berry (Bug#30963). * NEWS: Mention this. * src/ls.c (decode_switches): Implement this. * tests/ls/a-option.sh: New file. * tests/local.mk (all_tests): Add it. --- NEWS | 3 +++ src/ls.c | 3 +-- tests/local.mk | 1 + tests/ls/a-option.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100755 tests/ls/a-option.sh diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 351a0827b..207e785b3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Bug fixes + 'ls -aA' is now equivalent to 'ls -A', since -A now overrides -a. + [bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0] + 'mv -n A B' no longer suffers from a race condition that can overwrite a simultaneously-created B. This bug fix requires platform support for the renameat2 or renameatx_np syscalls, found diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c index c89a22f68..bae2c1104 100644 --- a/src/ls.c +++ b/src/ls.c @@ -1903,8 +1903,7 @@ decode_switches (int argc, char **argv) break; case 'A': - if (ignore_mode == IGNORE_DEFAULT) - ignore_mode = IGNORE_DOT_AND_DOTDOT; + ignore_mode = IGNORE_DOT_AND_DOTDOT; break; case 'B': diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk index c798cc83a..e60ea1d1e 100644 --- a/tests/local.mk +++ b/tests/local.mk @@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ all_tests = \ tests/ln/sf-1.sh \ tests/ln/slash-decorated-nonexistent-dest.sh \ tests/ln/target-1.sh \ + tests/ls/a-option.sh \ tests/ls/abmon-align.sh \ tests/ls/block-size.sh \ tests/ls/color-clear-to-eol.sh \ diff --git a/tests/ls/a-option.sh b/tests/ls/a-option.sh new file mode 100755 index 000000000..4fe1e9394 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/ls/a-option.sh @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# exercise the -a option + +# Copyright 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. + +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. + +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see . + +. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src +print_ver_ ls + +mkdir d || framework_failure_ + +ls -aA d >out || framework_failure +compare /dev/null out || fail=1 + +Exit $fail -- 2.14.3 --------------CD131484950EB77B5480DEA8-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 27 18:50:50 2018 Received: (at 30963) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Mar 2018 22:50:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56362 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f0xQY-0006iA-58 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:50:50 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f177.google.com ([209.85.220.177]:43245) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f0xQW-0006hv-Jg for 30963@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:50:49 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-f177.google.com with SMTP id v2so547231qkh.10 for <30963@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:50:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=XIDr2NXAhd3lzi1CuJG2SwRn9rjo3Ss3+98t4TNaSCA=; b=ghhTkvB3/QyVIS2gvCqRswlaP/6KzqpRBxqrweJED39bhI7mvN2ciVBeyHjYa6/GOk teJilde99gSsAf4kexpPA76202FImSHSDLRPdZdwAnRrSYnW64TI7dfql8vvmvfsmD7p 2Y2cUDmNO4Y+fTR1IPpmf+0+LIi0vrACgmKC9tuYE2af18PFBYd7m4FtLrUQqB/hULxD OAq6x0G1x8x9QlzSTuJ2UEyMVLfVJdiKqlq3BC1ExT5OsK1wKNPAd9FjsI30NCGBjr8E iA/gfLaaT0lFofdv0aUqC3PiIz3ySQDLuPJCCeUNUIGAaIC3sQlzZC0mK2VRFJXfYjag 8X+w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=XIDr2NXAhd3lzi1CuJG2SwRn9rjo3Ss3+98t4TNaSCA=; b=QvdC4QnBD3VeLpp0jpn00cVcwjPpkJD/e3MlQ+zYSqZqvMIRiO9YIKKKMcH0s2T47W 3R/RKF5h6ExzayM/hvQGSXUxHI+QtVm2Y3wWL8+ZExF8Ke2jTREp88obEvBDc50qgWUc Rj77C+FB0P2ui8YYUdJ9trRpEAd3sRmcu+0vmVGwedfaTCfTO98IytlURXvfzynzOuOw 1a+kwrr70151/Id7Mwzi3Zl+O0/Z01MXaykXmQjHVLpPXNOTg47rUBmGTWUZC5KBrrIh 8A6eGtdP5Wzz9vv12EmK6fesQz9pDrHsjX4pZIO6EmWiFvcon5alSyR9lUfekcpgb5Zi 3AiQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7EAFBhNZzvk7pZdfbosSiS0MtGlNQtds3T8QWP/1kfUEbDRZbiS FDp0oEUXtervrxqL44LoOHqOKdTOqPtAdjP0EN8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4/blYAfuCiWjxkHAzIicy5B6nA2MHEi7Ef2mXCXrb04mVP08bCsKKmP4Xfs6KKvC8heUfuQ7RAaTS+lqx+gqn8= X-Received: by 10.55.10.6 with SMTP id 6mr1832286qkk.271.1522191042151; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:50:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.55.98.4 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:50:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2b1ac1c7-a2e1-2e4f-6ec7-c228179c7d31@cs.ucla.edu> References: <86muyt77jz.fsf@frenzy.freefriends.org> <2b1ac1c7-a2e1-2e4f-6ec7-c228179c7d31@cs.ucla.edu> From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:50:21 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ifEJ08I6w79PqHT3WuUTqhpWuk0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#30963: ls -fA -> still . and .. To: 30963@debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert , Karl Berry Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 30963 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 03/27/2018 10:27 AM, Karl Berry wrote: >> >> ls -aA also shows . and ..; maybe it shouldn't? > > You're right, it shouldn't. This was a bug I introduced in 2004 and I think > you're the first to report it (!). In my defense, it wasn't officially a bug > until POSIX.1-2008 came out and specified that -a and -A should override > each other. Anyway, thanks. I installed the attached patch. Nice! Thank you both. 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