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@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
-2006-05-07  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+2006-05-11  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
        * Version 6.0-cvs.
 
+       * tests/du/long-sloop: Avoid harmless `ambiguous redirect' diagnostic.
+
+2006-05-10  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+       * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Don't explicitly unlink the destination
+       when moving a symlink into the place of an existing non-directory.
+       Reported by Joshua Hudson.
+       * NEWS: mention this.
+
+2006-05-07  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
        * Makefile.maint (patch-check): Fail if patch generates any output,
        even merely for changed offsets.
 

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   a very long symlink chain as a dangling symlink.  Before, such a
   misinterpretation would cause these tools not to diagnose an ELOOP error.
 
+  mv: moving a symlink into the place of an existing non-directory is
+  now done atomically;  before, mv would first unlink the destination.
+
   rm (on systems with openat) can no longer exit before processing
   all command-line arguments.