Update [coreutils] to latest from 9.4

[oech3]

Tool name

coreutils

Tool license

GPL3

Add or update?

• Add
• Update

Desired version

9.9 or later

Approximate size

less than 30 MB

Brief description of tool

The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system

URL for tool's homepage

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.

`/usr/bin/true --version`

Platforms where you need the tool

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images where you need the tool

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• Ubuntu Slim
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• macOS 26 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Can this tool be installed during the build?

Probably not by `apt-get`. Needed to build (at least for ubuntu runner?)

Tool installation time in runtime

No response

Are you willing to submit a PR?

No response

[oech3]

cc @ChrisDryden . linked with uutils/coreutils#9570

[Alexey-Ayupov]

Hello @oech3,

Thank you for your request to update coreutils to a more recent version.

Currently, we use the apt package manager to install and manage software on our Ubuntu images, so we can only provide the version of coreutils that is available in the official apt repositories for each distribution. Unfortunately, this means we are unable to update to a newer version unless it becomes available through the package manager.

Regarding Windows and macOS images, GNU coreutils cannot be added because there are no official pre-built applications provided for these operating systems on the GNU Coreutils website.

Thank you for your understanding. If there is anything else we can assist with, please let us know!

[oech3]

macOS can brew install coreutils. Win (MSYS2)'s coreutils is delaying update by some reason...

[oech3]

Is it able to include coreutils from Linux brew?: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pkgs/container/core%2Fcoreutils/573087421?tag=9.9