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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 28 |
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@@ -11,12 +11,30 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- rm no longer gets a failed assertion under some unusual conditions. - chgrp and chown no longer affect symbolic links by default. - Now, they operate on whatever a symbolic points to, instead. - To get the old behavior, use --no-dereference (-h). + Several fixes to chgrp and chown for compatibility with POSIX and BSD: - chown --dereference now works, even when the specified owner - and/or group match those of an affected symlink. + Do not affect symbolic links by default. + Now, operate on whatever a symbolic points to, instead. + To get the old behavior, use --no-dereference (-h). + + --dereference now works, even when the specified owner + and/or group match those of an affected symlink. + + Check for incompatible options. When -R and --dereference are + both used, then either -H or -L must also be used. When -R and -h + are both used, then -P must be in effect. + + -H, -L, and -P have no effect unless -R is also specified. + If -P and -R are both specified, -h is assumed. + + Do not optimize away the chown() system call when the file's owner + and group already have the desired value. This optimization was + incorrect, as it failed to updated the last-changed time and reset + special permission bits, as POSIX requires. + + Do not report an error if the owner or group of a + recursively-encountered symbolic link cannot be updated because + the file system does not support it. rm no longer required read access to the current directory. |