bug#14024: Test failure in coreutils 8.13

[Ellis N. Thomas]

Pádraig,

	Concerning the file system:  The Apple Finder 'get info' on the hard  
drive says:
Format :        Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

and mount for root says:
 >mount
 /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)

        I could not locate ginstall on this machine, nor
by searching on the Gnu website.
 >type {g,}install
 bash: type: ginstall: not found
 install is /usr/bin/install
 >which -a {g,}install
 /usr/bin/install
 /usr/local/bin/install

 >ls  /bin/{g,}install
 ls: /bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
 ls: /bin/install: No such file or directory
 >ls  /usr/bin/{g,}install
 ls: /usr/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
 /usr/bin/install
 >ls  /usr/local/bin/{g,}install
 ls: /usr/local/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
 /usr/local/bin/install

        One Google match gave a 'man'  page suggesting
that it's a version of install.  So I tried using install
 > echo test > a
 > install -Cv -m0644 a b
 install: a -> b
 > stat a b
 234881026 6243208 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27  
18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27  
18:22:25 2013" 4096 8 0 a
 234881026 6243209 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27  
18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27  
18:22:25 2013" 4096 8 0 b
 > install -Cv -m0644 a b

        and with usr/local/bin/install
 >echo test > a
 >/usr/local/bin/install  -Cv -m0644 a b
 'a' -> 'b'
 >stat a b
 234881026 6243501 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27  
20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:29 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:29 2013" "Mar 27  
20:11:29 2013" 4096 8 0 a
 234881026 6243502 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27  
20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27  
20:11:58 2013" 4096 8 0 b
 >/usr/local/bin/install  -Cv -m0644 a b


        Hope this helps
                Ellis

On 27 Mar 2013, at 13:13, Pádraig Brady wrote:

> Could you indicate the file system you're using,
> give the output of:
>
> echo test > a
> ginstall -Cv -m0644 a b
> stat a b
> ginstall -Cv -m0644 a b