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NewDecember 14, 2025

0.5.0

📦 Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 Release:

We are excited to announce the release of Rust Coreutils 0.5.0 — a significant milestone featuring comprehensive platform improvements, and robust testing infrastructure with continued progress toward full GNU compatibility!

Highlights:

Improved GNU Compatibility
- 566 passing tests (+22 from 0.4.0), achieving 87.75% compatibility
- Reduced failures from 56 to 55 (-1) and skipped tests from 33 to 23 (-10)
- Updated GNU reference from 9.8 to 9.9, adding 11 new tests
- Major improvements to fold, cksum, install, and numfmt
Unicode & Text Processing Enhancements
- fold: Added combining character support for proper Unicode text wrapping
- ptx: Implemented GNU mode with dumb terminal format
- Enhanced text processing across multiple utilities

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CICD.yml: split PROFILE= from CARGOFLAGS by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9219
GNUmakefile: use PROFILE_CMD at make test by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9214
GNUmakefile: generalize logic for SELINUX_PROGS for many platforms by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9221
build-gnu.sh: Let SELinux optional to use it locally without libselinux by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9220
freebsd.yml: remove not working PROFILE= by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9225
GNUmakefile: Remove check for LIBSELINUX_ENABLED by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9228
Update redoxer and reenable Redox OS in CI by @jackpot51 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9233
GNUmakefile: drop not used use_default:=1 by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9231
ci: Mark runcon-no-reorder as SELinux required by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9234
github action: add openbsd in the ci by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9196
openbsd.yml: Remove not working PROFILE= by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9238
OpenBSD CI: increase max open files for test job by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9242
build-gnu.sh: Remove || true by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9256
Enable test test_hostname_ip on OpenBSD by @lcheylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9257
build-gnu.sh: Use system tools by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9251
ci: remove commented out line from freebsd.yml by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9239
GnuTests.yml: reduce deps by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9259
Update CICD.yml: Stop releasing duplicated binary by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9269
Avoid mixing wget and curl by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9258
CICD.yml: Remove if for .exe by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9271
GNUmakefile: Use any profile from make install by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8730
build-gnu.sh: Freeze SELinux build mode by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9270
CICD.yml: Avoid no space left by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9277
GNUmakefile: Add missing PROFILE_CMD by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9293
Cargo.toml: move panic=abort to release profile for binary size by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9240
Fix build failure without libselinux by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9290
Revert a patch for runcon-no-reorder (superseded) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9291
build-gnu.sh: fix the error on line 110 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9297
build-gnu.sh: adjust the PATH for each run by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9319
build-gnu.sh: Use any profile & cleanup vars by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9321
GnuTests.yml: Check that build-gnu.sh works without libselinux by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9299
android.yml: Reduce RAM (#9278) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9436
l10n.yml:Don't apt-get build-essential by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9472
l10n.yml: Use PROFILE=release-small for faster CI by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9473
l10n.yml: Do not brew make (support Xcode make) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9474
Update Dockerfile: Don't apt-get jq (preinstalled) by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9481
build-gnu.sh: Remove 2 not working sed hacks for tr by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9476
build-gnu.sh: Reduce time to build GNU coreutils by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9475
CICD.yml: Stop publishing conflicting artifacts by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9491
CICD.yml: Removed unused code for i586 by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9497
build-gnu.sh: Remove hfs dep from hardlink-case.sh by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9482
CICD.yml: Dedup a mkdir by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9504
CICD.yml: Drop a workaround for old package by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9505
Remove wget dep by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9522
Remove Makefile.toml by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9568
build-gnu.sh: Remove 2 non-GNU binary by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9583
validation.rs: Remove non GNU hashsum aliases by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9589
build-gnu.sh: Enable misc/coreutils.sh by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9572
GHA-delete-GNU-workflow-logs.sh: Add fallback to jaq by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9581
benchmarks.yml: Stop unnecessary apt-get by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9608
Do not apt-get preinstalled tools to avoid delaying CI by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9466
build-gnu.sh: use GNU sed much more for macOS by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9467
ci: add locales for GNU tests by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9052

chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.7.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9224
chore(deps): update rust crate indicatif to v0.18.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9226
chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.8.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9282
Update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.7 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9304
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.52 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9316
chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.61 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9343
chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.53 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9340
GNUmakefile: Use libstdbuf.* instead of libstdbuf* by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9345
chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9416
chore(deps): update rust crate parse_datetime to v0.13.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9434
chore(deps): update rust crate hostname to v0.4.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9515
Bump iana-time-zone and windows-core by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9519
chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.8 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9524
chore(deps): update rust crate ctor to v0.6.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9544
chore(deps): update rust crate ctor to v0.6.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9562
chore(deps): update vmactions/freebsd-vm action to v1.2.9 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9593
chore(deps): update davidanson/markdownlint-cli2-action action to v22 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9610
chore(deps): update actions/cache action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9639
chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.8.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9647
chore(deps): update github artifact actions (major) by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9645
Bump icu crates from 2.0.0 to 2.1.1 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9073

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