[Bug 2154338] Re: xattrs break ls formatting
Simon Johnsson
2154338 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri May 29 11:50:25 UTC 2026
** Project changed: coreutils => rust-coreutils
** Package changed: coreutils (Ubuntu) => rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
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Title:
xattrs break ls formatting
Status in rust-coreutils:
Fix Released
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Directories with a larger number of files using extended file
attributes (xattrs) break --long formatting of ls.
## Reproduce
1. Create the directory:
mkdir -p /tmp/uutils-ls-xattr-repro
cd /tmp/uutils-ls-xattr-repro
2. Create the files:
for i in $(seq -w 1 500); do
touch "file-$i"
setfattr -n user.test -v 'Hello World' "file-$i"
done
3. List the directory:
ls -l .
4. Output:
-rw-rw-r--+ 1 bamf0 bamf0 0 May 27 09:35 file-001[K
-rw-rw-r--+ 1 bamf0 bamf0 0 May 27 09:35 file-002[K
-rw-rw-r--+ 1 bamf0 bamf0 0 May 27 09:35 file-003[K
(Every file attribute after the permissions will be right-aligned)
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