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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-08-26 06:46:17 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-08-26 06:46:17 +0000
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downloadcoreutils-967e0c11eaecf01a8596b8b48e8ef8edc85318fd.tar.xz
"ls --color" would highlight other-writable and sticky directories
no differently than regular directories on a file system with dirent.d_type support. * NEWS: Say the above. * src/ls.c (gobble_file): With --color, also stat the file when we know it is a directory. Derived from an anonymous one-line fix and bug report: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?15043>. * tests/ls/color-dtype-dir: New file. Test for the above fix. * tests/ls/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add color-dtype-dir.
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@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
in README-cvs. Although this represents a large change to the
infrastructure, it should cause no change in the actual tools.
+** Bug fixes
+
+ "ls --color" would highlight other-writable and sticky directories
+ no differently than regular directories on a file system with
+ dirent.d_type support.
+
+
* Major changes in release 6.1 (2006-08-19) [unstable]
** Changes in behavior