From bb5c20212fa3c1e4b678978487424ceab7de7191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 22:45:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Remove the now-untrue statement about cp vs. dangling symlinks --- ChangeLog | 2 ++ NEWS | 18 ++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 3d0f9af..cd3047a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2007-12-01 Jim Meyering + * NEWS: Remove the now-untrue statement about cp vs. dangling symlinks + Change release procedure: tag *before* running e.g., "make stable". * Makefile.maint (vc-dist): Don't tag. Now, you must apply the tag before running "make beta", "make stable", etc. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8df1b87..dee4a65 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -101,16 +101,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- reports stat.st_size == 0, while "cat /proc/cpuinfo > c" would "work", and create a nonempty one. [bug introduced in coreutils-6.0] - cp no longer fails to write through a dangling symlink - [bug introduced in coreutils-6.7]. cp --parents no - longer mishandles symlinks to directories in file name - components in the source, e.g., "cp --parents symlink/a/b - d" no longer fails. Also, 'cp' no longer considers a - destination symlink to be the same as the referenced file when - copying links or making backups. For example, if SYM is a symlink - to FILE, "cp -l FILE SYM" now reports an error instead of silently - doing nothing. The behavior of 'cp' is now better documented when - the destination is a symlink. + cp --parents no longer mishandles symlinks to directories in file + name components in the source, e.g., "cp --parents symlink/a/b d" + no longer fails. Also, 'cp' no longer considers a destination + symlink to be the same as the referenced file when copying links + or making backups. For example, if SYM is a symlink to FILE, + "cp -l FILE SYM" now reports an error instead of silently doing + nothing. The behavior of 'cp' is now better documented when the + destination is a symlink. "cp -i --update older newer" no longer prompts; same for mv -- 2.7.4