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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-10-04 13:43:32 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-10-04 23:35:59 +0100
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parentf04daf570b91286d47a80074cf4a6a63c4309dc0 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-0e060d9fef64727aa2d41f00f8217c61166bb2e0.tar.xz
rm: disallow --n alias for --no-preserve-root
* src/rm.c (main): Ensure the full --no-preserve-root option is specified, rather than allowing --n etc. * tests/rm/r-root.sh: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. Improved by Jim Meyering. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24604
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@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Changes in behavior
+ rm no longer accepts shortened variants of the --no-preserve-root option.
+
seq no longer accepts 0 value as increment, and now also rejects NaN
values for any argument.
@@ -81,8 +83,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** New Features
- date now accepts the --debug option, to annotate the parsed date string,
- display timezone information, and warn about potential misuse.
+ date now accepts the --debug option, to annotate the parsed date string,
+ display timezone information, and warn about potential misuse.
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.25 (2016-01-20) [stable]