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authorribalba <geerd.dietger.hoffmann@gmail.com>2008-03-04 18:03:35 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-03-05 11:38:26 +0100
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Work around AFS bug: id and groups would print invalid group number.
* src/id.c (main): Call print_group_list with a user name, if possible. * src/groups.c (main): Likewise. * NEWS: Mention this. For details, see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/12852 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/12875 Signed-off-by: ribalba <geerd.dietger.hoffmann@gmail.com>
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@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Improvements
+ id and groups work around an AFS-related bug whereby those programs
+ would print an invalid group number, when given no user-name argument.
+
ls --color no longer outputs unnecessary escape sequences
seq gives better diagnostics for invalid formats.