ci: ubuntu: use GNU coreutils for dirname
The uutils version of `dirname` has output that is inconsistent with GNU coreutils. Prefer the GNU implementation of this command. Signed-off-by: Colin Stagner <ask+git@howdoi.land> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Colin Stagner committed
Feb 6, 2026 at 22:27 UTC
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ci/install-dependencies.sh
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index 6ee8216a05..c55441d9df 100755
--- a/ci/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ ubuntu-*|i386/ubuntu-*|debian-*)
sudo update-alternatives --set sudo /usr/bin/sudo.ws
fi
+ # on uutils v0.2.2 from rust-coreutils,
+ # dirname "foo/."
+ # outputs "." instead of "foo" like it should.
+ # Use GNU coreutils to provide dirname instead.
+ #
+ # See <https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10508>.
+ if test -x /usr/bin/gnudirname
+ then
+ ln -sfT /usr/bin/gnudirname /usr/bin/dirname
+ fi
+
case "$distro" in
ubuntu-*)
mkdir --parents "$CUSTOM_PATH"