From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 05:48:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: .
X-Git-Tag: textutils-1_12_1~401
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fb5c9e690fd4a8e751259f666e7f32b162673f4b;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

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diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index f45d75e34a..84997408ff 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ User-visible changes in release 3.11:
 User-visible changes in release 3.10:
 * mkdir -p now ignores arguments that are existing directories.  Before,
   (contrary to POSIX spec) it would attempt to change ownership and/or
-  protections of existing directories.  And it would fail when such a
-  directory was owned by another user.
+  protections of existing directories listed on the command line.  And
+  it would fail when such a directory was owned by another user.
 * Fix bug in cp that made the commands `mkdir dir; touch foo; cp -P foo dir'
   incorrectly change the permissions on directory, dir.
-* df accepts a new option, --sync, that may ensure it reports more up to
-  date usage information.  df used to always call sync, but the value of so
-  doing is not apparent, and the drawback (it makes df very slow sometimes)
-  is glaring.
+* df accepts a new option, --no-sync, that inhibits the default invocation
+  of the sync system call.  FIXME.
 * ls accepts a new option, --dired, that makes emacs' dired mode more efficient
 * skeletal texinfo documentation (mainly just the `invoking' nodes)
 * ln accepts a new option: --no-dereference (-n).  With this option,