From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:15:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention `readlink -f' bug fix in 5.3.0 news.
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Mention `readlink -f' bug fix in 5.3.0 news.
Mention new readlink options in `New features' section.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ffeda52d2c..abfaf6b98c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   mv (when moving between partitions) no longer fails when
   operating on too many command-line-specified nonempty directories.
 
+  "readlink -f" is more compatible with prior implementations
+
   rm (without -f) no longer hangs when attempting to remove a symlink
   to a file on an off-line NFS-mounted partition.
 
@@ -620,6 +622,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
     rather than two-byte int.  This makes a difference only on hosts like
     Cray systems where the C short int type requires more than two bytes.
 
+  readlink accepts new options: --canonicalize-existing (-e)
+  and --canonicalize-missing (-m).
+
   The stat option --filesystem has been renamed to --file-system, for
   consistency with POSIX "file system" and with cp and du --one-file-system.