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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-08-31 22:09:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1997-08-31 22:09:54 +0000 |
| commit | c0270058fef75b36f0459edab62b673ea0f7e78e (patch) | |
| tree | 94b8c7e6f44bde642522e716f0f9a8807e03201b /old/fileutils | |
| parent | f5d34cdce9660471959be5e447a67e5d7b7b2dfe (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c0270058fef75b36f0459edab62b673ea0f7e78e.tar.xz | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | old/fileutils/NEWS | 2 |
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diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog index 179ab0dfa..fd135ee2f 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog +++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,21 @@ 1997-08-31 Jim Meyering <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov> + * src/chgrp.c (change_file_group): Call describe_change with a + 3-state argument. + (describe_change): Report whether the operation was successful, + a failure, or that the request was a no-op. + Before, running `chgrp --verb bin /' as non-root reported + group of / changed to bin + chgrp: you are not a member of group `bin': Not owner + + * src/chown.c (change_file_owner): Call describe_change with a + 3-state argument. + (describe_change): Report whether the operation was successful, + a failure, or that the request was a no-op. + Before, running `chown --verb bin /' as non-root reported + owner of / changed to bin + chown: /: Not owner + * configure.in (jm_FUNC_LSTAT): Use it. * acconfig.h (lstat): Add #undef. @@ -55,7 +71,6 @@ mode of / changed to 0355 (-wxr-xr-x) chmod: /: Not owner Reported by Philippe Schnoebelen <phs@hobbes.fing.edu.uy> - FIXME: do the same for chgrp and chown 1997-07-28 Jim Meyering <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov> diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS index b48c8e411..4e4ee0ea7 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/NEWS +++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ Changes in release 3.17: [3.16a] +* chgrp, chmod, and chown no longer give contradictory output when --verbose + is used and an operation fails * install accepts new option, --preserver-timestamps * du --megabytes --total now shows total in megabytes * touch -d DATE now works on Unicos |