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@@ -1,19 +1,36 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Major changes in release 5.0.90: +** New features + + wc count field widths now are heuristically adjusted depending on the input + size, if known. If only one count is printed, it is guaranteed to + be printed without leading spaces. + + Previously, wc did not align the count fields if POSIXLY_CORRECT was set, + but POSIX did not actually require this undesirable behavior, so it + has been removed. + ** Bug fixes -- `sort --version' and `sort --help' fail, as they should + + `sort --version' and `sort --help' fail, as they should when their output is redirected to /dev/full. -- `su --version > /dev/full' now fails, as it should. -- uniq -c now uses a SPACE, not a TAB between the count and the + + `su --version > /dev/full' now fails, as it should. + + uniq -c now uses a SPACE, not a TAB between the count and the corresponding line, as required by POSIX. -- kill no longer tries to operate on argv[0] (introduced in 5.0.1) + + kill no longer tries to operate on argv[0] (introduced in 5.0.1) Why wasn't this noticed? Although many tests use kill, none of them made an effort to avoid using the shell's built-in kill. -- [ invoked with no arguments no longer evokes a segfault -- expr now exits with status 2 if the expression is syntactically valid, + + `[' invoked with no arguments no longer evokes a segfault + + expr now exits with status 2 if the expression is syntactically valid, and with status 3 if an error occurred. POSIX requires this. -- expr now reports trouble if string comparison fails due to a collation error. + + expr now reports trouble if string comparison fails due to a collation error. * Major changes in release 5.0.1: |