From 8bb7d21a7c1cbbf1e5f9e9ff906bdd29d2699127 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:25:26 +0000 Subject: Bug fix: rm -r must remove an empty directory, even if it is inaccessible. --- NEWS | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6557f0fb8..e641a1bf4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- -* Major changes in release 6.0-cvs (????-??-??) [unstable] +* Major changes in release 6.0-cvs (2006-??-??) [unstable] ** Improved robustness @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- rm is no longer susceptible to a few low-probability memory leaks. + rm -r no longer fails to remove an inaccessible and empty directory + sort would fail for large inputs (~50MB) on systems with a buggy mkstemp function. sort and tac now use the replacement mkstemp function, and hence are no longer subject to limitations (of 26 or 32, -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2