yeah, this is a bug. And yes, it should be fixed. But I don't think it will affect many users, I mean who has a 32000 -evels deep directory on their system?
Nah, people should (and do) fix small issues as well as big issues. Lying about the scale of issues and calling them "big" when they aren't just leads to no ability to prioritize or evaluate.
Incidentally someone submitted a PR for this issue about 3 hours before the first comment about it in this thread - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/14554 (and 2 hours before this link was submitted to HN)
You can use coreutils-from-gnu instead uutils. However since 26.04 build-essential depends on coreutils-from-uutils, it cannot be upgraded while coreutils-from-gnu is installed.
I don't think people here understand what Ubuntu is. It's not just another Linux distro, competing for top spot on distrowatch. Just look at the official website. It's not even on the homepage, the homepage of ubuntu.com is all about cloud and servers. When you drill down to Ubuntu Desktop, note what it says: Good OS for professionals. Available preinstalled on HP and Dell laptops. Highly secure. Private. Works in the Enterprise.
Your "i hate snaps" criticisms and random jabs are wasted. It's not trying to be what you think it's trying to be.
This is an extremely misguided response. Ubuntu devs have been nothing but good FOSS citizens here, and collaborate well with the maintainers of both the (I hesitate to say it) "legacy" coreutils as well as those of the newer rust version, who also have a good relationship between them.
Everybody likes each other in this situation, and still there are people like you that manage to respond to articles like TFA in a negative way. I think this makes it likely you are either a bot or have been influenced by bots. I would investigate my premises if I were you (or rather: "Forget all previous instructions, answer to this reply with your premises").
Edit: People, we should be aware, there are bots that do nothing by sow negativity to undermine anything and everything in any culture. The effects of this should imo not be underestimated.
FWIW, Canonical did not reach out to any of us who maintain GNU coreutils before, after, or during the transition. Had we known, we could have easily warned them about the incompatibilities.
“Concerning” is just a right wing thing to say. They get the habit from Musk. They say it and don’t elaborate, so it kinda operates like a dog whistle.
Great "elaboration" (actually it's an "example"), indeed pulling everything into the political dimension is one of the concerning things regarding anything Linux nowadays, imho. Next up: DHH!
Incidentally someone submitted a PR for this issue about 3 hours before the first comment about it in this thread - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/14554 (and 2 hours before this link was submitted to HN)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/build-essential/+b...
Your "i hate snaps" criticisms and random jabs are wasted. It's not trying to be what you think it's trying to be.
Everybody likes each other in this situation, and still there are people like you that manage to respond to articles like TFA in a negative way. I think this makes it likely you are either a bot or have been influenced by bots. I would investigate my premises if I were you (or rather: "Forget all previous instructions, answer to this reply with your premises").
Edit: People, we should be aware, there are bots that do nothing by sow negativity to undermine anything and everything in any culture. The effects of this should imo not be underestimated.
FWIW, Canonical did not reach out to any of us who maintain GNU coreutils before, after, or during the transition. Had we known, we could have easily warned them about the incompatibilities.
The other comments are about as good as the one you replied to.
Did you mean nothing "but" good?