From 74cd098d2e6b3f8908123b174fd44e44170fd991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 12:46:17 -0600 Subject: doc: mention prior stat change For a file of size 1234 bytes, commit ca9aa759 had the side effect of changing 'stat -c "%'s" file' from outputting "?s" to the nicer "1,234", depending on locale. This is worth mentioning in the NEWS. Resolves part of http://bugs.gnu.org/14556. * NEWS: Mention 8.7 improvement in stat. * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Adjust accordingly. --- NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cad5eee38..aff6a4250 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -883,6 +883,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- However, with the above change to %X, %Y and %Z, we've made %W work the same way as the others. + stat gained support for several printf-style flags, such as %'s for + listing sizes with the current locale's thousands separator. + * Noteworthy changes in release 8.6 (2010-10-15) [stable] -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2