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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2009-09-28 17:32:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2010-07-01 13:12:52 +0100 |
| commit | 8aa15b2be2bd2ab4b76d197a279abf8b9091680a (patch) | |
| tree | 6a4d05b3b9d2c55875389f24dac5a4c032bca417 /NEWS | |
| parent | 7336920dd07478b7bdae05ec599da4e2e66a94ff (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-8aa15b2be2bd2ab4b76d197a279abf8b9091680a.tar.xz | |
ls: use the POSIX date style when the locale does not specify one
Previously we defaulted to "long-iso" format in locales without
specific format translations, like the en_* locales for example.
This reverts part of commit 6837183d, 08-11-2005, "ls ... acts like
--time-style='posix-long-iso' if the locale settings are messed up"
* src/ls.c (decode_switches): Only use the ISO format when specified.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
Reported by Daniel Qarras at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/525134
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Changes in behavior + ls -l now uses the traditional three field time style rather than + the wider two field numeric ISO style, in locales where a style has + not been specified. The new approach has nicer behavior in some + locales, including English, which was judged to outweigh the disadvantage + of generating less-predictable and often worse output in poorly-configured + locales where there is an onus to specify appropriate non-default styles. + [The old behavior was introduced in coreutils-6.0 and had been removed + for English only using a different method since coreutils-8.1] + sort -g now uses long doubles for greater range and precision. stat no longer accepts the --context (-Z) option. Initially it was |