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authorEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2007-08-20 17:01:18 +0200
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-08-20 17:03:45 +0200
commitfeed02af9d09527745d10138cc08da9ed0702b7e (patch)
treeacf5df1c403e748267ce956baf720e0bbd26ca0e /NEWS
parenta05ae2f7168f42d290512ae919bb9ce4aa4d7063 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-feed02af9d09527745d10138cc08da9ed0702b7e.tar.xz
Avoid consuming too much seekable input when yesno is used.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Grab closein. * src/system.h (includes): Also include closein.h. * src/mv.c (main): Use close_stdin, not close_stdout. * src/cp.c (main): Likewise. * src/ln.c (main): Likewise. * src/rm.c (main): Likewise. * src/install.c (main): Likewise. * NEWS: Document the fix.
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@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
"cp -i --update older newer" no longer prompts; same for mv
+ "cp -i" now detects read errors on standard input, and no longer consumes
+ too much seekable input; same for ln, install, mv, and rm.
+
cut now diagnoses a range starting with zero (e.g., -f 0-2) as invalid;
before, it would treat it as if it started with 1 (-f 1-2).