bug#70418: closed (ls bug)

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regarding ls bug
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> ls bug
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> Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:07:59 +0100
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> There appears to be a bug with 'ls' when using the '-f' and '-l' options, or at least an inconsistency with the man 
> page. The man page says '-f' list entries in directory order and does not mention any incompatibilities with other 
> options, however I find using it with the '-l' option gives different ouputs depending on the order of options. See the 
> following script log for an example:
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> toby@toby-pc:/tmp$ mkdir test
> toby@toby-pc:/tmp$ cd test
> toby@toby-pc:/tmp/test$ touch c b a foo bar
> toby@toby-pc:/tmp/test$ ls -lf
> .  ..  c  b  a  foo  bar
> toby@toby-pc:/tmp/test$ ls -fl
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x  2 toby toby 140 Apr 16 15:50 .
> drwxrwxrwt 18 root root 560 Apr 16 15:50 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 c
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 b
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 a
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 foo
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 bar
> toby@toby-pc:/tmp/test$ ls -l -f
> .  ..  c  b  a  foo  bar
> toby@toby-pc:/tmp/test$ ls -f -l
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x  2 toby toby 140 Apr 16 15:50 .
> drwxrwxrwt 18 root root 600 Apr 16 15:57 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 c
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 b
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 a
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 foo
> -rw-r--r--  1 toby toby   0 Apr 16 15:50 bar
> toby@toby-pc:/tmp/test$ type ls
> ls is /usr/bin/ls
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> toby@toby-pc:/tmp/test$ ls --version
> ls (GNU coreutils) 9.4
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> Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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> Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.
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> Regards,
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> Toby
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> Re: bug#70418: ls bug
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> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:43:51 -0700
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> On 4/17/24 03:19, Pádraig Brady wrote:
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> > Patch looks good, and conforms to POSIX.
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> Thanks for the review. I installed the patch and am closing this bug report.
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