From 49daa21e009337900f4a9fc1253354aa6096c404 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:34:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- NEWS | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3e89698355..0dcaffa19e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ [4.5.8] +* du accepts new option: --apparent-size +* du --bytes (-b) works the same way it did in fileutils-3.16 and before +* du reports proper sizes for directories (not zero) (broken in 4.5.6 or 4.5.7) * df now always displays under `Filesystem', the device file name corresponding to the listed mount point. Before, for a block- or character- special file command line argument, df would display that argument. E.g., `df /dev/hda' would list `/dev/hda' as the `Filesystem', rather than say /dev/hda3 (the device on which `/' is mounted), as it does now. -* du can now process much deeper hierarchies (subject to virtual memory). - Before, it would segfault on hierarchies deeper than 20,000-30,000 levels. +* du can now process much deeper hierarchies on some systems (subject to + mmap support, size of virtual memory, etc.). Before, it would segfault + on hierarchies deeper than 20,000-30,000 levels due to stack limitation + and excessive recursion. * test now works properly when invoked from a set user ID or set group ID context and when testing access to files subject to alternate protection mechanisms. For example, without this change, a set-UID program that invoked -- 2.47.3