From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:31:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: mention today's rm -r fix.
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mention today's rm -r fix.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 143c957541..cfc50c8e88 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   rm -r no longer fails to remove an inaccessible and empty directory
 
+  rm -r's cycle detection code can no longer be tricked into reporting
+  a false positive.
+
   sort would fail for large inputs (~50MB) on systems with a buggy
   mkstemp function.  sort and tac now use the replacement mkstemp
   function, and hence are no longer subject to limitations (of 26 or 32,