PerlPowerTools-1.045

1.045 2024-04-30T22:22:10Z
* All changes from Michael Mikonos
* ar
- validate args for -a and -b (#484)
- ensure file has header with -q, which should have happened before but wasn't (#495)
- warn if archive member isn't found (#500)
- improve internals with strict; better option validation (#510)

* arithmetic
	- validate the -r argument using the right variable (#501)
	- treat an empty line as bad input instead of the number undef (#541)

* asa
	- various internals improvements (#545)

* awk
	- don't need to load App::a2p (#524)
	- various internals improvements (#525)
	- use File::Temp instead of rolling our own (#557)

* banner
	- various internals improvements (#585)

* bc
	- handle cases where Math::Big* is missing (like minimal distros of perl) (#511)
	- assignment to variable does not print, in line with GNU bc (#517)
	- remove non-standard ** operator; use ^ instead (#518)
	- catch negative index in array assignment (#521)
	- allow digits in array names (#523)
	- internal fixes to make the yydebug code simpler (#540)
	- various internals improvements (#543)
	- various internals improvements (#548)
	- various internals improvements (#554)
	- various internals improvements (#559)
	- fix "Exiting subroutine via next" error (#562)
	- catch divide by zero before we try the division (#580)
	- fix problem where vars did not have a type in the internal symbol table (fixes #522) (#582)
	- allow array indices to have fractional parts (still only use the floor) (#584)

* cal
	- simplify usage message (#583)

* cmp
	- remove -? option, although using it give you the help still  (#567)

* col
	- we now buffer the entire file to get around some weird effects (#483)
	- various internals improvements (#586)

* comm
	- allow for the unbundling of options (#535)

* cut
	- don't allow -b and -f at the same time (#485)
	- various internals improvements (#588)

* date
	- protect path to current perl in backticks (from kal24) (#506)
	- various internals improvements (#509)

* diff
	- empty files are the same  (#578)

* du
	- warn if du cannot stat a file (#515)
	- various internals improvements (#574)

* echo
	- various internals improvements (#509)

* ed
	- internal improvements to reduce complexity (#489)
	- filename must have at least one character; better support to remember filename (#542)
	- various internals improvements (#550)
	- various internals improvements (#553)
	- fixed inserting an empty file; print the number of characters read from a file (#560)
	- handle argument to `s` command being zero length (#577)
	- s/// correctly reports "no match" for no matches. (#579)

* expand
	- fix the tabstop argument to get the correct number of spaces (#491)
	- allow for the -- option terminator (#492)

* factor
	- various internals improvements (#509)

* file
	- exit with error if the command line options are wrong (#546)
	- various internals improvements (#571)

* fish
	- various internals improvements (#544)
	- card names are now case insensitive (#551)
	- various internals improvements (#558)

* fmt
	- better reporting when the program cannot open a file (#487)

* fold
	- better error messages when fold can't close a file properly (#561)

* glob
	- handle a bare tilde at the start of the path (#490)
	- various internals improvements (#509)
	- various internals improvements (#539)

* hangman
	- ensure that we can get at least one word from the word list (#502)

* id
	- allow only 0 or 1 arguments (#494)

* install
	- fix setting permissions on installed files (#514)

* join
	- allow -- to terminate options (#504)

* kill
	- help shows signal list (#513)
	- pid must be a positive whole number (#534)
	- various internals improvements (#566)

* ln
	- handle single argument call correctly (#497)

* mail
	- resolve conflicting hostname() definitions (#519)
	- use error from IO::Socket if there's a problem (#536)

* maze
	- clarify argument processing (#516)

* mkdir
	- various internals improvements (#549)
	- die for an empty mode argument (#552)

* mkfifo
	- various internals improvements (#572)

* moo
	- argument must be greater than zero (#569)

* nl
	- validate arguments to -b, -f, and -h (#496)

* od
	- correctly handle multiline repeating (#498)

* patch
	- only process regular files, and die otherwise (#556)

* pig
	- remove -v but support --version (#587)

* printenv
	- remove -? option to match BSD (#503)

* printf
	- remove internal string eval to allow more things in formats and args (#526)
	- handle octal and hex escapes better (and limit to a single char) (#528)
	- ignore arguments if the first argument does not have format specifiers (#532)
	- better error message for bad printf format (#564)

* pwd
	- various internals improvements (#573)

* rev
	- remove -v option, but add it back as --version; -h and --version messages change slightly (#581)

* rmdir
	- don't rmdir() if the argument is not a directory (#568)

* shar
	- various internals improvements (#565)

* spell
	- remove -b option, use -d instead to use alternate dictionary (#527)
	- fail if dictionary is empty (#530)

* split
	- disallow a split size of 0 (#482)
	- various internals improvements (#555)

* sum
	- don't allow -a and -o at the same time (#488)

* tac
	- validate the value for -S; must be positive (#529)

* tail
	- exit with error if the command line options are wrong (#547)

* tar
	- fix file extraction (#493)
	- -f switch is now mandatory; use - to read from stdin (#575)

* test
	- exit 1 (not 2) for no arguments. (#520)

* touch
	- de-emphasize -f, which is a no-op anyway (#512)
	- -r can now take a filename named "0" (#563)
	- various internals improvements (#576)

* unexpand
	- -- terminates options processing (#499)

* units
	- various internals improvements (#509)
	- remove --copying and --warranty options (license is in this distro) (#589)

* unshar
	- terminate arguments with -- (#481)

* which
	- use the same exit codes as the GNU version (#486)

* whois
	- fix some network code; don't use a default server (must specify a server) (#531)
	- query multiple domains in one command (#533)
	- make strict safe; use error from IO::Socket instead of $! (#537)
	- hostname must have at least one non-whitespace character (#538)