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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-10-05 19:32:54 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-10-05 23:26:29 +0200
commite1fc300b599a3039e477576df0781896c8b952bd (patch)
tree6bfb2b69c22e01d6829f0c7a7b4659183f26c16e /NEWS
parent5f567ce4bd46e7d6a2c30f95d8e91b7296dfc6c9 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-e1fc300b599a3039e477576df0781896c8b952bd.tar.xz
doc: clean up NEWS
* NEWS: Mention when the sort -g infloop bug was introduced and alphabetize entries. Clarify a sentence in the pwd-improvement entry.
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@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Bug fixes
- sort -g no longer infloops for certain inputs containing NaNs
-
ls --dereference no longer outputs erroneous "argetm" strings for
dangling symlinks when an 'ln=target' entry is in $LS_COLORS.
[bug introduced in fileutils-4.0]
@@ -13,6 +11,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
ls -lL symlink once again properly prints "+" when the referent has an ACL.
[bug introduced in coreutils-8.13]
+ sort -g no longer infloops for certain inputs containing NaNs
+ [bug introduced in coreutils-8.5]
+
** Improvements
md5sum --check now supports the -r format from the corresponding BSD tool.
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
pwd now works also on systems without openat. On such systems, pwd
would fail when run from a directory whose absolute name contained
- more than PATH_MAX / 3 components. Also affected due to their use
- of canonicalize_* functions: df, stat, readlink.
+ more than PATH_MAX / 3 components. The df, stat and readlink programs
+ are also affected due to their use of the canonicalize_* functions.
** Changes in behavior