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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-06-22 12:26:53 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-06-22 12:27:49 +0200
commit574f7614039ce5b4c00808acc42d97856d4ff7d9 (patch)
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downloadcoreutils-574f7614039ce5b4c00808acc42d97856d4ff7d9.tar.xz
stat: warn that the --context (-Z) option (a no-op) is obsolete
* src/stat.c (main): It will be removed in a couple years. * NEWS (Change in behavior): Mention this.
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@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
specifiers, and no longer prints fields that resulted entirely from
padding the input out to the least common multiple width.
+** Changes in behavior
+
+ stat's --context (-Z) option has always been a no-op.
+ Now it evokes a warning that it is obsolete and will be removed.
+
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 6.12 (2008-05-31) [stable]
** Bug fixes