regression: sha3 utilities do not work
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Description
The rust-coreutils package in Debian/Ubuntu ship links to coreutils with names such as sha3-256sum.
Before commit dbe7a20e08f0efdcb5418d00aaa16771de79757e, these utilities worked, but since then then they became broken (they gave an error of --bits required for SHA3, even when --bits was passed), and eventually were broken again, so that they started acting as sum.
It seems that uutils code no longer references these utilities, and they have been broken for two years, so I am unsure whether they should be fixed or simply removed from Debian?
See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-coreutils/+bug/2154583
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Debian/Ubuntu sha3-256sum behavior with and without --bits, then inspect the history around commit dbe7a20e08f0efdcb5418d00aaa16771de79757e and the current SHA3 utility entry points. Compare the behavior with the Launchpad report and determine whether the utilities should be restored or removed; done means the chosen direction is implemented and the regression is verified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100