From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:51:16 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Mention that rm -d and maybe ln -d are scheduled for X-Git-Tag: v6.0~1415 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=162a2d69bc8dcfd7fd49d668ac1e9a4aa97b6355;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git Mention that rm -d and maybe ln -d are scheduled for removal in 2006. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3cfc2a721e..f311f14f30 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Major changes in release 6.0-cvs (????-??-??) [unstable] +** Scheduled for removal + + rm's --directory (-d) option is scheduled for removal in 2006. This + option has been silently ignored since coreutils 5.0. On systems + that support unlinking of directories, you can use the "unlink" + command to unlink a directory. + + Similarly, we are considering the removal of ln's --directory (-d, + -F) option in 2006. Please write to if this + would cause a problem for you. On systems that support hard links + to directories, you can use the "link" command to create one. + ** New programs sha224sum: print or check a SHA224 (224-bit) checksum @@ -12,7 +24,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Bug fixes dircolors no longer segfaults upon an attempt to use the new - STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE (OWT) attribute + STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE (OWT) attribute. md5sum once again defaults to using the ` ' non-binary marker (rather than the `*' binary marker) by default on Unix-like systems. @@ -23,7 +35,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- rm emits a better diagnostic when (without -r) it fails to remove a directory on e.g., Solaris 9/10 systems. - tac now works when stdin is a tty, even on non-Linux systems + The documentation no longer mentions rm's --directory (-d) option. + + tac now works when stdin is a tty, even on non-Linux systems. "tail -c 2 FILE" and "touch 0101000000" now operate as POSIX 1003.1-2001 requires, even when coreutils is conforming to older