* NEWS: Mention the chmod bug fix.

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 2006-09-20  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+       * NEWS: Mention the chmod bug fix.
+
        * tests/chmod/inaccessible: New test, specifically for this bug.
        Based on a test case from Paul Eggert.
        * tests/chmod/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add inaccessible.

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 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
-* Major changes in release 6.3 (2006-??-??) [stable]
+* Major changes in release 6.3-cvs (2006-??-??) [stable]
+
+** Bug fixes
+
+  chmod would fail unnecessarily in an unusual case: when an initially-
+  inaccessible argument is rendered accessible by chmod's action on a
+  preceding command line argument.  This bug also affects chgrp, but
+  it is harder to demonstrate.  It does not affect chown.
 
 
 * Major changes in release 6.2 (2006-09-18) [stable candidate]