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 [4.1.3]
 * ls -R once again outputs a blank line between per-directory groups of files.
     This was broken by the cycle-detection change in 4.1.1.
+* dd once again uses `lseek' on character devices like /dev/mem and /dev/kmem.
+    On systems with the linux kernel (at least up to 2.4.16), dd must still
+    resort to emulating `skip=N' behavior using reads on tape devices, because
+    lseek has no effect, yet appears to succeed.  This may be a kernel bug.
 [4.1.2]
 * cp no longer fails when two or more source files are the same;
     now it just gives a warning and doesn't copy the file the second time.