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@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** Bug fixes + df now fails when the list of mounted file systems (/etc/mtab) cannot be read, yet the file system type information is needed to process certain options like -a, -l, -t and -x. [This bug was present in "the beginning".] +** New features + + rm now accepts the --dir (-d) option which makes it remove empty directories. + Since removing empty directories is relatively safe, this option can be + used as a part of the alias rm='rm --dir'. This improves compatibility + with Mac OS X and BSD systems which also honor the -d option. + * Noteworthy changes in release 8.18 (2012-08-12) [stable] |