Bug 3599

Summary:	The split command does not accept anymore suffix with a length of 2.
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Xuo <xuoy>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Thomas Backlund <tmb>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11
Version:	1	Keywords:	PATCH, Triaged, UPSTREAM
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10214
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	coreutils	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Xuo 2011-12-03 20:41:00 CET

Description of problem:

The split command does not accept anymore suffix with a length of 2 while it was the default and still written as being so in the man page.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils_8.8-2.mga1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:

split -a 2 -b 10K /usr/bin/split split_
split: the suffix length needs to be at least 3

split -b 10K /usr/bin/split split_

This will create :

-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users     10240 déc.   3 20:12 split_aaa
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users     10240 déc.   3 20:12 split_aab
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users     10240 déc.   3 20:12 split_aac
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users     10240 déc.   3 20:12 split_aad
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users     10240 déc.   3 20:12 split_aae
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users      7880 déc.   3 20:12 split_aaf

instead of :

split_aa
...
split_af

Take a 345Mb file :

-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users 344707084 déc.   3 17:42 Softs.tar.bz2.gpg

split -b 240M Softs.tar.bz2.gpg Softs.tar.bz2.gpg_

This will create : 

-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users 251658240 déc.   3 17:45 Softs.tar.bz2.gpg_aaaaaa
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users  93048844 déc.   3 17:46 Softs.tar.bz2.gpg_aaaaab

Instead of Softs.tar.bz2.gpg_aa and Softs.tar.bz2.gpg_ab

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-12-04 00:02:57 CET

You should report this bug upstream. (and post the link here)

http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

Keywords: (none) => UPSTREAM
Source RPM: (none) => coreutils

Comment 2 Xuo 2011-12-04 09:11:18 CET

Hi,

I 've just sent a bug report to coreutils.
I don't know yet if it will be accepted (nor its bug number).

Regards.

Xuo.

Comment 3 Xuo 2011-12-06 20:40:48 CET

Hi,

I have received this mail (http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10214). Can the patch be included in the next coreutils update ?

Regards.

Xuo.

Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2011-12-06 21:33:29 CET

 (In reply to comment #3)
> Hi,
> 
> I have received this mail (http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10214).
> Can the patch be included in the next coreutils update ?
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Xuo.

tmb is it possible ?

Keywords: (none) => PATCH, Triaged
URL: (none) => http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10214
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb

Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2012-03-15 21:10:13 CET

(In reply to comment #4)
>  (In reply to comment #3)
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have received this mail (http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10214).
> > Can the patch be included in the next coreutils update ?
> > 
> > Regards.
> > 
> > Xuo.
> 
> tmb is it possible ?

Pinging, because nothing has happened with this report for more than 3 months, it still has the status NEW or REOPENED.

@ tmb

Please set status to ASSIGNED, if possible

CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 6 Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-05 16:54:14 CET

This message is a reminder that Mageia 1 is nearing its end of life. 
In approximately 25 days from now, Mageia will stop maintaining and issuing 
updates for Mageia 1. At that time this bug will be closed as WONTFIX (EOL) if it 
remains open with a Mageia 'version' of '1'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to 
fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later 
Mageia version prior to Mageia 1's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we may not 
be able to fix it before Mageia 1 is end of life.  If you would still like to see 
this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Mageia, 
you are encouraged to click on "Version" and change it against that version 
of Mageia.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, 
sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Mageia 
release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete.

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Comment 7 Manuel Hiebel 2012-12-02 14:36:34 CET

Mageia 1 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on ''1st December''. Mageia 1 is no 
longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or 
bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. 

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia 
please feel free to click on "Version" change it against that version of Mageia
and reopen this bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

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Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX