Bug fix:

	rm -r must remove an empty directory, even if it is inaccessible.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6557f0f..e641a1b 100644 (file)
--- 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,