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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2006-09-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + * NEWS: Mention the chmod bug fix. + * tests/chmod/inaccessible: New test, specifically for this bug. Based on a test case from Paul Eggert. * tests/chmod/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add inaccessible. @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- -* Major changes in release 6.3 (2006-??-??) [stable] +* Major changes in release 6.3-cvs (2006-??-??) [stable] + +** Bug fixes + + chmod would fail unnecessarily in an unusual case: when an initially- + inaccessible argument is rendered accessible by chmod's action on a + preceding command line argument. This bug also affects chgrp, but + it is harder to demonstrate. It does not affect chown. * Major changes in release 6.2 (2006-09-18) [stable candidate] |