From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:05:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: install -D had a problem similar to mkdir -p.
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install -D had a problem similar to mkdir -p.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1dc2073fd8..3937ac2b07 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   "mkdir -p /tmp/a/b dir" no longer attempts to create the `.'-relative
   directory, dir (in /tmp/a), when, after creating /tmp/a/b, it is unable
-  to return to its initial working directory.
+  to return to its initial working directory.  Similarly for "install -D
+  file /tmp/a/b".
 
   "pr -D FORMAT" now accepts the same formats that "date +FORMAT" does.