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@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
ls -LR exits with status 2, not 0, when it encounters a cycle
- ls -Li is now consistent with ls -Lil in printing "?", not "0" as the
- inode of a dangling symlink.
-
- ls -Li no longer relies on unspecified behavior of stat/lstat.
- Before this change, "ls -Li dangling-symlink" would mistakenly
- print the inode number of the symlink under some conditions.
+ ls -is is now consistent with ls -lis in ignoring values returned
+ from a failed stat/lstat. For example ls -Lis now prints "?", not "0",
+ for the inode number and allocated size of a dereferenced dangling symlink.
** Portability