util-linux @2.40.1: `rename` doesn't preserve original file name parts

[Bachsau (Bachsau)]

I've been running the following command and instead of replacing the file extension, it wants to rename every file to the exact string specified as the replacement:

find . -type f -iname '*.pdf' -exec rename -v -n pdf pdf_ {} +

Running the same command in the same directory from a linux machine works as expected.

For example, it does this:

'./2020/2020-01.pdf' -> `pdf_'

instead of this:

'./2020/2020-01.pdf' -> `./2020/2020-01.pdf_'

[Bachsau (Bachsau)]

It actually is version 2.40.1, but that isn't selectable.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The selectable version in the issue template is the MacPorts version, not the port version (which goes in the summary along with the port name).

Just to make sure, I tried an example from the rename manpage:

rename .htm .html *.htm

will fix the extension of your html files.

% port -v installed util-linux
The following ports are currently installed:
  util-linux @2.40.1_0 (active) requested_variants='' platform='darwin 21' archs='x86_64' date='2024-05-15T02:37:30-0500'
% mkdir test
% cd test
% touch foo.htm bar.htm
% ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   4 rschmidt  wheel   128 Jun  7 14:39 .
drwxrwxrwt  42 root      wheel  1344 Jun  7 14:38 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 rschmidt  wheel     0 Jun  7 14:39 bar.htm
-rw-r--r--   1 rschmidt  wheel     0 Jun  7 14:39 foo.htm
% rename -v .htm .html *.htm 
`bar.htm' -> `.html'
`foo.htm' -> `.html'
% ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   3 rschmidt  wheel    96 Jun  7 14:39 .
drwxrwxrwt  42 root      wheel  1344 Jun  7 14:38 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 rschmidt  wheel     0 Jun  7 14:39 .html
%

Here is the upstream issue: ​https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/3071

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

In baf43ea76b241b71522cce544a8918d89cb76c17/macports-ports (master):

util-linux: Fix rename command

Closes: #70186