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@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
(i.e., not inotify-based) implementation.
[bug introduced in coreutils-7.5]
+** Portability
+
+ ln, link: link f z/ would mistakenly succeed on Solaris 10, given an
+ existing file, f, and nothing named "z". ln -T f z/ has the same problem.
+ Each would mistakenly create "z" as a link to "f". Now, even on such a
+ system, each command reports the error, e.g.,
+ link: cannot create link `z/' to `f': Not a directory
+
** New features
cp --reflink accepts a new "auto" parameter which falls back to