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@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
date could crash or go into an infinite loop when parsing a malformed TZ="".
[bug introduced with the --date='TZ="" ..' parsing feature in coreutils-5.3.0]
+ head --bytes=-N and --lines=-N now handles devices more
+ consistently, not ignoring data from virtual devices like /dev/zero,
+ or on BSD systems data from tty devices.
+ [bug introduced in coreutils-5.0.1]
+
head --bytes=-N - no longer fails with a bogus diagnostic when stdin's
seek pointer is not at the beginning.
[bug introduced with the --bytes=-N feature in coreutils-5.0.1]