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 c591c3ceffd0a033eb228ebb54c596362ded5615
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ci/install-dependencies.sh
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@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ ubuntu-*|i386/ubuntu-*|debian-*)
76 sudo update-alternatives --set sudo /usr/bin/sudo.ws
77 fi
78
79 + # on uutils v0.2.2 from rust-coreutils,
80 + # dirname "foo/."
81 + # outputs "." instead of "foo" like it should.
82 + # Use GNU coreutils to provide dirname instead.
83 + #
84 + # See <https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10508>.
85 + if test -x /usr/bin/gnudirname
86 + then
87 + ln -sfT /usr/bin/gnudirname /usr/bin/dirname
88 + fi
89 +
90 case "$distro" in
91 ubuntu-*)
92 mkdir --parents "$CUSTOM_PATH"