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@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
dd supports more robust SIGINFO/SIGUSR1 handling for outputting statistics.
Previously those signals may have inadvertently terminated the process.
+ chroot again calls chroot(DIR) and chdir("/"), even if DIR is "/".
+ This handles separate bind mounted "/" trees, and environments
+ depending on the implicit chdir("/").
+ [bugs introduced in coreutils-8.23]
+
cp no longer issues an incorrect warning about directory hardlinks when a
source directory is specified multiple times. Now, consistent with other
file types, a warning is issued for source directories with duplicate names,
@@ -25,12 +30,6 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
dd accepts a new status=progress level to print data transfer statistics
on stderr approximately every second.
-** Changes in behavior
-
- chroot changes the current directory to "/" in again - unless the above new
- --skip-chdir option is specified.
- [bug introduced in coreutils-8.23]
-
** Improvements
cp,install,mv will convert smaller runs of NULs in the input to holes,