maint: mention dd's new partial read warning in NEWS
authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:27:13 +0000 (15:27 +0100)
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:38:36 +0000 (15:38 +0100)
* NEWS: Mention the new feature, from commits e1788d9e and 194c1e89

NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 68a9a1b..74235e2 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   which will discard any cache associated with the files, or
   processed portion thereof.
 
+  dd now warns that 'iflag=fullblock' should be used,
+  in various cases where partial reads can cause issues.
+
 ** Changes in behavior
 
   cp now avoids syncing files when possible, when doing a FIEMAP copy.