GNU bug report logs - #37893
fixes for 'shuf -n 0x' and similar issues

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:12:01 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: fixes for 'shuf -n 0x' and similar issues
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:10:44 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
I installed the attached patches to fix some minor glitches with 
programs like 'shuf' failing to reject invalid arguments like '-n 0x' 
where the trailing 'x' is ignored. The last two patches do the real 
work; the others are minor cleanups.

[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 37893 <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. (Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:13:05 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. (Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:24:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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