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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-04-22 16:50:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-04-22 16:50:47 +0000 |
| commit | 4451bd8a9f4d5739dd4781d2586f6b4c88d181bc (patch) | |
| tree | b068047d4356dd771c9dbd0f2c117ee1c8a2cdd4 /old/textutils/NEWS | |
| parent | 493d736f7d921bf19672f78c3d8c7df64801bd6e (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-4451bd8a9f4d5739dd4781d2586f6b4c88d181bc.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/old/textutils/NEWS b/old/textutils/NEWS index 01efc6313..7bf07c721 100644 --- a/old/textutils/NEWS +++ b/old/textutils/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,13 @@ Changes in release 2.1 +[2.0.14] +* sort now accepts long options like "--reverse" and "--". +* sort now checks option syntax as POSIX requires, except that (as usual + for GNU) options can follow file names unless POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. + For example, invalid positional combinations like "sort +1 -r -2" are + now rejected as per POSIX. +* The next POSIX standard will require that obsolescent 'sort' + positional options like +1 be treated as file names, not options. + Please use 'sort -k' instead. [2.0.13] * pr accepts new -D or --date option, to specify date format. * The following changes are required by POSIX: |