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@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
dd accepts a new status=progress level to print data transfer statistics
on stderr approximately every second.
+** Changes in behavior
+
+ mv no longer supports moving a file to a hardlink, as currently that
+ is only supported through unlinking the source file. That's racy
+ in the presence of multiple mv instances, which could result in both
+ hardlinks being deleted. This feature was added in coreutils-5.0.1.
+
** Improvements
cp,install,mv will convert smaller runs of NULs in the input to holes,