From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 08:41:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: ls [4.1.1]: Mention that --dereference-command-line (-H) is now the default,
X-Git-Tag: v4.5.5~177
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f0110096ac8501a66285390f97437ca5b20b0193;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

ls [4.1.1]: Mention that --dereference-command-line (-H) is now the default,
unless one of the -d, -F, or -l options are given.
From Paul Eggert
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diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index 9087ea0688..b89ca311db 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
 * ls no longer truncates user names or group names that are longer
     than 8 characters.
 * ls's new --dereference-command-line option causes it to dereference
-  symbolic links on the command-line only.
+  symbolic links on the command-line only.  It is the default unless
+  one of the -d, -F, or -l options are given.
 * ls -H now means the same as ls --dereference-command-line, as per POSIX.
 * ls -g now acts like ls -l, except it does not display owner, as per POSIX.
 * ls -n now implies -l, as per POSIX.