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@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
head, od, split, tac, tail, and wc no longer mishandle input from files in
/proc and /sys file systems that report somewhat-incorrect file sizes.
+ paste no longer truncates output for large input files. This would happen
+ for example with files larger than 4GiB on 32 bit systems with a '\n'
+ character at the 4GiB position.
+ [the bug dates back to the initial implementation]
+
** New features
chroot accepts the new --skip-chdir option to not change the working directory