NEWS: mention that cp -p copies permissions more portably

Based on wording suggested by Bruno Haible.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8cee7f5fa7032a8bb0417e69b55df75e5c3b5dc6..833112aa7ecefc68d7a3eb4d32ce2a67cfa6dbee 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   chcon, runcon: --help output now includes the bug-reporting address
 
+  cp -p copies permissions more portably.  For example, on MacOS X 10.5,
+  "cp -p some-fifo some-file" no longer fails while trying to copy the
+  permissions from the some-fifo argument.
+
   id with no options now prints the SELinux context only when invoked
   with no USERNAME argument.