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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0fe92145b4a99a419f835c1df8220710d04f5a96..4b35b36af589e27c641e2c34365b91e9a0e4d3fd 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
        (show_date): Use new fprintftime function rather than xanstrftime.
        Correct comment: this function no longer handles a NULL format string.
        * src/du.c: Likewise.
+       * NEWS: Mention this.
 
        * tests/misc/date (subfmt-up1): Test the combination of the
        to-upper-case modifier (^) and a conversion specifier that

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 52e1d28afba4ce2d90515210f18f62724a093986..b5d9987c4d7b690c0b60fcbad9d70ddd147a9187 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   "pr -D FORMAT" now accepts the same formats that "date +FORMAT" does.
 
+** Improved robustness
+
+  Date no longer needs to allocate virtual memory to do its job,
+  so it can no longer fail due to an out-of-memory condition,
+  no matter how large the result.
+
 ** Improved portability
 
   hostid now prints exactly 8 hexadecimal digits, possibly with leading zeros,