From 0038f24b9ac50c6b7888fabc89e7c6096a200056 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 05:52:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] The 'expr' command now detects and reports integer overflow. --- NEWS | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 32062e0768..be511eb25a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- (the anchor is ignored), or about regular expressions like A** (the second "*" is ignored). expr now exits with status 2 (not 3) for errors it detects in the expression's values; exit status 3 is now - used only for internal errors like arithmetic overflow. + used only for internal errors (such as integer overflow, which expr + now checks for). ln now uses different (and we hope clearer) diagnostics when it fails. ln -v now acts more like FreeBSD, so it generates output only when -- 2.47.3