From d2980924ac05bbee579bd71e551128f3b02327f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 22:04:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] maint: document timeout --preserve-status in v8.21 NEWS * NEWS: Add the omitted new feature. * cfk.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Adjust accordingly. --- NEWS | 3 +++ cfg.mk | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0a48456381..1d3ecf1adb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- with such a minimum SIZE (or a maximum SIZE if it is negative). du recognizes -t SIZE as equivalent, for compatibility with FreeBSD. + timeout now accepts the --preserve-status option to always propagate the exit + status, useful for commands that can run for an indeterminite amount of time. + ** Bug fixes cp --no-preserve=mode now no longer exits non-zero. diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk index c2ebb5dc33..b3c0f708b1 100644 --- a/cfg.mk +++ b/cfg.mk @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes # 4914152 9e export XZ_OPT = -8e -old_NEWS_hash = 88cd502ce932ab23e636c63a73a48c29 +old_NEWS_hash = 68fc9b352e924d5e59e2f543f80f6a41 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check. _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_program =/' -- 2.47.2