"ln --backup f f" now produces a sensible diagnostic

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 865254e20..29ec5adc3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	(do_link): Rename local: s/lstat_ok/dest_lstat_ok/.
 	* tests/ln/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add hard-backup.
 	* tests/ln/hard-backup: New test for the above.
+	* NEWS: Mention this fix.
 
 2006-11-16  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 761afcb1f..74956e09a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   or newer).  This bug was introduced with the switch to gnulib's
   openat-based variant of fts, for coreutils-6.0.
 
+  "ln --backup f f" now produces a sensible diagnostic
+
 ** New features
 
   rm accepts a new option: --one-file-system