cp, ln, mv, rm no longer discard white space when intepreting responses.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 92aa78a1e..d4f728916 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-2005-05-06  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+2005-05-08  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	* Version 5.3.1.
 
+	* NEWS: cp, ln, mv, rm no longer discard white space when intepreting
+	responses.
+
+2005-05-06  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
 	* NEWS: dd has new iflag= and oflag= flags "binary" and "text".
 	* src/dd.c (flags, usage): Add support for "binary" and "text".
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 25e30fb68..b2e4e3a8b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Changes for better conformance to POSIX
 
+  cp, ln, mv, rm changes:
+
+    Leading white space is now significant in responses to yes-or-no questions.
+    For example, if "rm" asks "remove regular file `foo'?" and you respond
+    with " y" (i.e., space before "y"), it counts as "no".
+
   dd changes:
 
     On a QUIT or PIPE signal, dd now exits without printing statistics.