On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 09:57:26PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I now remember that I also have TIME_STYLE="+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", > which is used by ls (from the coreutils).
Some values of TIME_STYLE can cause an infinite loop in mdate-sh if "ls" is from GNU coreutils. This patch to mdate-sh fixes the problem. It also updates the FSF's address to the new one (see http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=3766 for more information). 2005-06-07 James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * mdate-sh: (trivial change) Avoid infinite loop with GNU ls when TIME_STYLE is set. Diagnosis by Vincent Lefevre. Also update the FSF's postal address. --- mdate-sh.OLD 2005-06-07 21:45:55.368832331 +0100 +++ mdate-sh 2005-06-07 21:51:59.553637951 +0100 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ #!/bin/sh # Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it. -scriptversion=2004-12-08.12 +scriptversion=2005-06-07.21 -# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # written by Ulrich Drepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, June 1995 # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ scriptversion=2004-12-08.12 # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, -# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. +# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a @@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export LC_ALL LC_TIME=C export LC_TIME +# GNU ls unserstands $TIME_STYLE. Leaving it set at "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" for +# example will cause this script to go into an infinite loop. +unset TIME_STYLE + save_arg1="$1" # Find out how to get the extended ls output of a file or directory. _______________________________________________ Bug-findutils mailing list Bug-findutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-findutils
