* NEWS: Tweak the wording in the new change description so that

no one can think this change causes e.g., `rm -fr foo../' to fail.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0dc620e33209e5436af4ceca25ff4d77d046ac46..4bc53f2356253bb01fe6459ae2c259c905ee91db 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-09-03  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+       * NEWS: Tweak the wording in the new change description so that
+       no one can think this change causes e.g., `rm -fr foo../' to fail.
+
        * tests/rm/inaccessible: Adjust for movement of config.h to lib/.
        Use $CONFIG_HEADER, rather than hard-coding it.
        * tests/rm/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Set $CONFIG_HEADER.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d9ca4f85f7da39bbb15a1e2a5c0a50fff1191726..ea70f8310bfe19b102b20596a964a98157597af4 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 ** 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 `../'.
+  now fails without removing anything.  Likewise for any file name with
+  a final `./' or `../' component.
 
 ** Infrastructure changes