From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 02:50:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: rm now rejects attempts to remove /, ./, and ../.
X-Git-Tag: v6.2~48
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b53976285469ce3b0afd29bf24a2206b9732420b;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

rm now rejects attempts to remove /, ./, and ../.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0409cb4baf..d9ca4f85f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 * Major changes in release 6.2-cvs (2006-??-??) [unstable]
 
+** 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 `../'.
+
 ** Infrastructure changes
 
   Coreutils now uses gnulib via the gnulib-tool script.