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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 13 | ||||
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@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@ -2006-05-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> +2006-05-11 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * Version 6.0-cvs. + * tests/du/long-sloop: Avoid harmless `ambiguous redirect' diagnostic. + +2006-05-10 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Don't explicitly unlink the destination + when moving a symlink into the place of an existing non-directory. + Reported by Joshua Hudson. + * NEWS: mention this. + +2006-05-07 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + * Makefile.maint (patch-check): Fail if patch generates any output, even merely for changed offsets. @@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- a very long symlink chain as a dangling symlink. Before, such a misinterpretation would cause these tools not to diagnose an ELOOP error. + mv: moving a symlink into the place of an existing non-directory is + now done atomically; before, mv would first unlink the destination. + rm (on systems with openat) can no longer exit before processing all command-line arguments. |