Update GNU coreutils to version 7.4 [PSARC/2009/355 FastTrack timeout 06/22/2009]

[Rich Burridge]

Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:40:21PM -0700, Rich Burridge wrote:
>   
>>         Between 6.7 and 7.4, the following new commands were introduced:
>>
>>         /usr/gnu/bin/
>>                 chcon
>>                 mktemp
>>                 runcon
>>                 timeout
>>                 truncated
>>                        Location                     Uncommitted
>>                        Invocation                   Uncommitted
>>                        Human-readable output        Not an Interface
>>     
>
> chcon and runcon are specific to SELinux.  What would they do on
> Solaris?
>   

No.

> /usr/bin already has an mktemp.  How does it differ from the GNU
> version?  Ah, there's an option conflict, sadly (-u is "--dry-run" in
> GNU, but "unsafe operation" in Solaris).
>   

I see you've answered your own question. :-)

> There's no 'timeout' in /usr/bin, so why not put the timeout command in
> /usr/bin?
>   

Okay.

> Also, I think you meant 'truncate', not 'truncated'.

Yes.

>   Neither exists in
> /usr/bin, so they should go in there too.
>   

Okay.


>>        <command>.1 manual pages for the following commands:
>>     
>
> It'd be nice if you could put pre-formatted manpages (piped through col
> -b) in there.  The method that most users will have for accessing the
> case directory is the web interface, and reading raw nroff through it is
> a pain.
>   

Good point. I've generated these in the case "materials" sub-directory.

I've updated the proposal.txt file in the case directory
accordingly (this is now "Revision 2").

Thanks.