Improvements to dirname/basename handling on platforms like

cygwin with distinct // and with drive letters.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 60ec3a3db9e88d5e631c0c476bf3c00439e2520f..1372f850e8517139956248231bf09a392592525a 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Changes in behavior
 
+  basename and dirname now treat // as different from / on platforms
+  where the two are distinct.
+
   df now considers "none" and "proc" file systems to be dummies and
   therefore does not normally display them.  Also, inaccessible file
   systems (which can be caused by shadowed mount points or by chrooted