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Document that "tr xy -z" now works as per POSIX.

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Paul Eggert
2004-09-09 00:27:45 +00:00
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@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Bug fixes
rm (without -f) no longer hangs when attempting to remove a symlink
to a file on an off-line NFS-mounted partition.
cut's --output-delimiter=D option works with abutting byte ranges.
rm no longer gets a failed assertion under some unusual conditions.
Several fixes to chgrp and chown for compatibility with POSIX and BSD:
Do not affect symbolic links by default.
@@ -39,25 +32,27 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
recursively-encountered symbolic link cannot be updated because
the file system does not support it.
cut's --output-delimiter=D option works with abutting byte ranges.
echo now conforms to POSIX better. It supports the \0ooo syntax for
octal escapes, and \c now terminates printing immediately. If
POSIXLY_CORRECT is set and the first argument is not "-n", echo now
outputs all option-like arguments instead of treating them as options.
expand and unexpand now conform to POSIX better. They check for
blanks (which can include characters other than space and tab in
non-POSIX locales) instead of spaces and tabs. Unexpand now
preserves some blanks instead of converting them to tabs or spaces.
"ln x d/" now reports an error if d/x is a directory and x a file,
instead of incorrectly creating a link to d/x/x.
ls no longer segfaults on systems for which SIZE_MAX != (size_t) -1.
md5sum and sha1sum now report an error when given so many input
lines that their line counter overflows, instead of silently
reporting incorrect results.
rm no longer requires read access to the current directory.
"sort -o -" now writes to a file named "-" instead of to standard
output; POSIX requires this.
tail -f no longer mishandles pipes and fifos. With no operands,
tail now ignores -f if standard input is a pipe, as POSIX requires.
For some types of errors (e.g., read-only file system, I/O error)
when first encountering a directory, `rm -r' would mistakenly fail
to remove files under that directory.
If d/x is a directory and x a file, "ln x d/" now reports an error
instead of incorrectly creating a link to d/x/x.
Fixes for "nice":
If it fails to lower the nice value due to lack of permissions,
@@ -71,25 +66,6 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
It now consistently adjusts out-of-range nice values to the
closest values in range; formerly it sometimes reported an error.
ptx now diagnoses invalid values for its --width=N (-w)
and --gap-size=N (-g) options.
tee now exits when it gets a SIGPIPE signal, as POSIX requires.
To get tee's old behavior, use the shell command "(trap '' PIPE; tee)".
Also, "tee -" now writes to standard output instead of to a file named "-".
ls no longer segfaults on systems for which SIZE_MAX != (size_t) -1
echo now conforms to POSIX better. It supports the \0ooo syntax for
octal escapes, and \c now terminates printing immediately. If
POSIXLY_CORRECT is set and the first argument is not "-n", echo now
outputs all option-like arguments instead of treating them as options.
expand and unexpand now conform to POSIX better. They check for
blanks (which can include characters other than space and tab in
non-POSIX locales) instead of spaces and tabs. Unexpand now
preserves some blanks instead of converting them to tabs or spaces.
printf has several changes:
It now uses 'intmax_t' (not 'long int') to format integers, so it
@@ -103,9 +79,35 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
like %#d, instead of relying on undefined behavior in the underlying
printf function.
ptx now diagnoses invalid values for its --width=N (-w)
and --gap-size=N (-g) options.
rm (without -f) no longer hangs when attempting to remove a symlink
to a file on an off-line NFS-mounted partition.
rm no longer gets a failed assertion under some unusual conditions.
rm no longer requires read access to the current directory.
"rm -r" would mistakenly fail to remove files under a directory
for some types of errors (e.g., read-only file system, I/O error)
when first encountering the directory.
"sort -o -" now writes to a file named "-" instead of to standard
output; POSIX requires this.
"tail -f" no longer mishandles pipes and fifos. With no operands,
tail now ignores -f if standard input is a pipe, as POSIX requires.
tee now exits when it gets a SIGPIPE signal, as POSIX requires.
To get tee's old behavior, use the shell command "(trap '' PIPE; tee)".
Also, "tee -" now writes to standard output instead of to a file named "-".
"touch -- MMDDhhmm[yy] file" is now equivalent to
"touch MMDDhhmm[yy] file" even when conforming to pre-2001 POSIX.
tr no longer mishandles a second operand with leading "-".
who now prints user names in full instead of truncating them after 8 bytes.
** New features