summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-11-17 08:56:12 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-11-17 08:56:12 +0100
commit6609ccbf87cbc3313b245cdcbfce1c04c991ed12 (patch)
tree3bb648acfda161a658fd64619a17c662fbffbdce /NEWS
parentd863533752df7264a0d0bbc78071e76f7f21a3aa (diff)
downloadcoreutils-6609ccbf87cbc3313b245cdcbfce1c04c991ed12.tar.xz
doc: mention the du/fts vs. NFSv4 mount-point work-around
* NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
-rw-r--r--NEWS5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e3763cd19..3a62da4bd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
with the invoked command failing with status 1. Likewise, nohup
fails with status 125 instead of 127.
+ du (due to a change in gnulib's fts) can now traverse NFSv4 automounted
+ directories in which the stat'd device number of the mount point differs
+ during a traversal. Before, it would fail, because such a mismatch would
+ usually represent a serious error or a subversion attempt.
+
echo and printf now interpret \e as the Escape character (0x1B).
rm -f /read-only-fs/nonexistent now succeeds and prints no diagnostic