GNU bug report logs - #37877
Fix 'shuf -n 0x' and similar problems

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 22:07:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Fix 'shuf -n 0x' and similar problems
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:06:18 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
I installed into GNU coreutils the attached series of patches, to fix 
problems like 'shuf -n 0x' where shuf did not diagnose the trailing 'x', 
along with some other stuff I noticed while looking into the problem.

[0001-build-re-enable-type-limits-checking.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-build-don-t-worry-about-logical-op-checking.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0003-shuf-improve-randperm-overflow-checking.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0004-stdbuf-improve-size-checking.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0005-all-improve-parsing-of-numeric-arguments.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
bug closed, send any further explanations to 37877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 22 Oct 2019 22:14:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:24:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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