Mention fts-related improvements and bug fixes.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ed2ff9643..25a2bbcfc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   rm's core is now reentrant: rm --recursive (-r) now processes
   hierarchies without changing the working directory at all.
 
+  fts no longer changes the current working directory, so its clients
+  (chmod, chown, chgrp, du) no longer malfunction under extreme conditions.
+
 ** Changes in behavior
 
   df now considers "none" and "proc" file systems to be dummies and
@@ -73,6 +76,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
+  fts-using tools (chmod, chown, chgrp, du) no longer fail due to
+  a double-free bug -- it could be triggered by making a directory
+  inaccessible while e.g., du is traversing the hierarchy under it.
+
+  fts-using tools (chmod, chown, chgrp, du) no longer misinterpret
+  a very long symlink chain as a dangling symlink.  Before, such a
+  misinterpretation would cause these tools not to diagnose an ELOOP error.
+
   rm (on systems with openat) can no longer exit before processing
   all command-line arguments.