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diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS index 94fe8fb5e..7c6498dc2 100644 --- a/old/fileutils/NEWS +++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ User-visible changes in release 3.10: +* mkdir -p now ignores arguments that are existing directories. Before, + (contrary to POSIX spec) it would attempt to change ownership and/or + protections of existing directories. And it would fail when such a + directory was owned by another user. * Fix bug in cp that made the commands `mkdir dir; touch foo; cp -P foo dir' incorrectly change the permissions on directory, dir. * df accepts a new option, --sync, that may ensure it reports more up to |