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Fixes #8363
Also fixed some clippy issues in uucore

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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skipping an intermittent issue tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)
Skipping an intermittent issue tests/timeout/timeout (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)

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sylvestre reviewed Aug 17, 2025
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tests/by-util/test_chown.rs
.arg("b")
.succeeds()
.no_stderr()
.no_stdout();
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please also verify the actual permissions on the file (to make sure it worked properly)
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chown requires root access, so I have made the command verbose and verifies that ownership is retained

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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/misc/stdbuf (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)
Skipping an intermittent issue tests/misc/tee (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)
Skipping an intermittent issue tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)

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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/misc/tee (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)
Skip an intermittent issue tests/misc/usage_vs_getopt (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)
Skip an intermittent issue tests/timeout/timeout (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)

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chown does not support --reference X syntax, only --reference=X
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