Remove md5sum --string.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2004-09-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+       * src/md5sum.c (STRING_OPTION): Remove.
+       (long_options, main): Remove support for undocumented and
+       obsolete --string option, as suggested in the 1996-09-26 patch.
+       * NEWS: Document this.
+       
        * tests/rm/fail-eperm: Don't try to remove writeable files in a
        sticky /tmp directory, as SVR4-like systems (e.g., Solaris 9) let
        you remove such files.  Problem reported by Bert Fischer in:

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Removed features
 
+  md5sum and sha1sum's undocumented --string option has been removed.
+
   tail's undocumented --max-consecutive-size-changes option has been removed.
 
 * Major changes in release 5.2.1 (2004-03-12) [stable]