From b53976285469ce3b0afd29bf24a2206b9732420b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 02:50:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] rm now rejects attempts to remove /, ./, and ../.

---
 NEWS | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0409cb4..d9ca4f8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 * Major changes in release 6.2-cvs (2006-??-??) [unstable]
 
+** Changes in behavior
+
+  rm now rejects attempts to remove the root directory, e.g., `rm -fr /'
+  now fails without removing anything.  Likewise for file names ending
+  in `./' and `../'.
+
 ** Infrastructure changes
 
   Coreutils now uses gnulib via the gnulib-tool script.
-- 
2.7.4