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diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
index 179ab0dfa9248f73a8797ebcac6ebc7ea86a8515..fd135ee2f1019a91c9749538bb3b1b067fcae955 100644 (file)
--- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 1997-08-31  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
 
+       * src/chgrp.c (change_file_group): Call describe_change with a
+       3-state argument.
+       (describe_change): Report whether the operation was successful,
+       a failure, or that the request was a no-op.
+       Before, running `chgrp --verb bin /' as non-root reported
+         group of / changed to bin
+         chgrp: you are not a member of group `bin': Not owner
+
+       * src/chown.c (change_file_owner): Call describe_change with a
+       3-state argument.
+       (describe_change): Report whether the operation was successful,
+       a failure, or that the request was a no-op.
+       Before, running `chown --verb bin /' as non-root reported
+         owner of / changed to bin
+         chown: /: Not owner
+
        * configure.in (jm_FUNC_LSTAT): Use it.
 
        * acconfig.h (lstat): Add #undef.
@@ -55,7 +71,6 @@
          mode of / changed to 0355 (-wxr-xr-x)
          chmod: /: Not owner
        Reported by Philippe Schnoebelen <phs@hobbes.fing.edu.uy>
-       FIXME: do the same for chgrp and chown
 
 1997-07-28  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
 

diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index b48c8e4119941cd323e5325a3b943bd70d346165..4e4ee0ea71be928cca1e0abde9298362559b1ece 100644 (file)
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Changes in release 3.17:
 [3.16a]
+* chgrp, chmod, and chown no longer give contradictory output when --verbose
+  is used and an operation fails
 * install accepts new option, --preserver-timestamps
 * du --megabytes --total now shows total in megabytes
 * touch -d DATE now works on Unicos